For the first time since its 1970s release, Roche Bobois' iconic Mah Jong takes a trip outdoors. Then painter-sculptor designer Hans Hopfer designed the Mah Jong modular sofa for Roche Bobois in 1971, ...

There’s a definite hint of the 1970s in Roche Bobois’s spring-summer collection, which was showcased earlier this month on a grey February day in Paris. Earth colours featured strongly ...

the creative director of his family’s namesake company Roche Bobois, says. He’s speaking of what was then called the Lounge Sofa, and what is now widely referred to as the Mah Jong.

If you don’t know the name Roche Bobois, you may know the look. The brand's signature pieces include the Mah Jong sofa, “a best-selling icon for the past 50 years,” says Julien Bigan ...

But the design most readers will associate with Roche Bobois is the Mah Jong sofa, designed in 1971 by Hans Hoper. It espouses the freedom of that period, says Roche, who owns several pieces.