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STORY

CONVO began with a simple question: what if the living room was arranged for people, not screens? The Convo is our answer — a single sofa, made to commission, designed to pull a room into conversation.

The Convo in a studio setting

What we believe

01

Conversation first

Every curve, every seat depth, every armrest angle exists to make eye contact easier and conversation longer.

02

One sofa, made for you

We build a single model, in your fabric, your configuration, your dimensions. No seasonal line-up. No compromise.

03

Made to outlive us

A hardwood frame carries a lifetime warranty. Covers unzip for re-upholstery decades from now.

Behind the scenes

How the Convo
comes to life

A look inside the process — from first sketch on tracing paper, to the first hand-stitched seam, to the day the couch leaves the atelier.

01

Sketch & CAD

Every Convo begins as a pencil curve on tracing paper. Once the arc and seat depth feel right in scale models, Eason translates it into a CAD file the atelier can mill from.

02

Frame

Kiln-dried oak is doweled and glued by hand. The frame is built to outlast three re-upholsteries — we sign and date the underside before suspension goes in.

03

Spring & Fill

Eight-way hand-tied springs, then a goose-down and foam core tuned to the seat depth. Aaron tests every cushion by sitting on it for an hour before signing off.

04

Upholstery

Fabric is cut on the bias, hand-stitched along the curves so no machine line is visible. Sharon final-checks every seam against the original drawings.

05

White-glove delivery

Each Convo ships in a custom crate with the maker's initials. Vikram joins the install for first deliveries so the room is photographed for the archive.

A room should gather people. A sofa should help.
Everything we make starts from that.

— The CONVO studio

The makers

The couch team

Five people stand behind every Convo — from the first sketch to the final hand-stitch.

The web team

The people behind this site

Built for ACAD-445. Five students shaping how you meet the Convo online.

Xinyi Yao

Brand Designer & Lead Developer

visual direction, Figma, brand system, main developer for the site

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Steven Dang

Frontend Developer

HTML / CSS / JS, layout, interaction

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Sarah Fan

PM, Content & Copy

tone of voice, story, product narrative

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Kaitlyn Zhang

Product Designer

prototyping, user research, design systems

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Saniya Patel

Financial Analyst

financial planning, budgeting, cost analysis

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