Pumpkin is characteristic of the revolutionary style of Pierre Paulin, as initiated at the end of the 1950’s. He eff ectively liberated the design of seating by treating each piece as a unique volume, more or less sculpted from foam & not necessarily resting on four feet: an approach which brought extraordinary freedom in terms of form, liberating seating as it did from traditi- onal methods of assembly & ortho gonal lines. As its name suggests Pumpkin is evocative of a giant pumpkin, wel coming the user with its protectively voluptuous – & voluptuously protective – shell. Resisting its appeal is an impossibility!