Boyan Grigorov was born in Bulgaria in 1978 and grew up in a small village at the foot of a mountain. An early attachment to nature developed into a close attention to detail that he has carried across product, footwear and automotive design. For Riva 1920 he designed the Wedge Bench (2016), made from a single piece of scented cedar. Its form is straight and geometric, and the line of the seat continues into a metal base that also works as a container, so that storage is resolved within the profile of the bench rather than added to it. The contrast between the warm mass of the cedar and the precise metal element defines the piece. Wedge is produced in natural cedar and in a black finish, in lengths up to 240 cm, and is suited to both interior and outdoor settings.
