You’ll get to pick from four colour options: Black Shadow, Phantom Charcoal, Natural Shale and Traditional Blue. While there aren’t major adjustments to the mattress in terms of materials or formula – apart from the addition of slow-growing Swedish pine in the mattress – Vividus craftsmen also had to undergo a training programme with a Swedish master saddle-maker before they were allowed to make a Grand Vividus. A bed may not necessarily bring the same of joy to you as a supercar does on a highway (unless bed collecting is a passion of yours), but it’ll pull its weight when it comes to curing that insomnia. After all, think about how much you’re paying for a car in Singapore, and the number of hours you spend in it. And if you think about it, the price isn’t that farfetched. While 350kg is heavy for a bed, remember that a bulk of the weight comes from the bed frame, which is essential when it comes to keeping the shape of the mattress. A standard 2.1 x 2.1m variant, which weighs a whopping 350kg, will set you back some US$390,000 (S$552,000). Sizes are completely customisable, and go up to 3 x 3m. What you’ll receive is a sturdy bed, with an equally sturdy frame. In the same vein, Rafauli cleverly used this concept when deciding on the stitching and hardness of leather. Not only should it be soft enough to fit the curvature of the horse’s back, it also needs to be sturdy to endure the load of the rider. He also took inspiration from the art of saddle-making.Ī good saddle is paramount to horse-riding. The Canadian interior designer took a leaf from haute couture and interior architecture, using leather buckles, brass studs and a trunk-like design (which reminds one of Louis Vuittons’ damier graphite leather) for the base of the bed. No stranger to collaborations – it’s worked with Lotte New York Palace and Bernadotte & Kylberg – Hästens enlisted the help of Ferris Rafauli, the mastermind behind Drake’s mansion. Yes, this is the same bed you’ll find in Drake’s not-so-humble abode. Hästens has unveiled the Grand Vividus, touted as the world’s most comfortable and luxurious bed. Ferris Rafauli, the man behind the Grand Vividus and designer of rapper Drake’s mansionįast forward to today. Each was built to not only embrace the curves, regardless of body type, but also provide a sense of weightlessness and provide better sleep all at once. What clients ended up with was no ordinary luxury mattress. When Leander found the right formula, it took four master craftsmen (including Leander) over 320 hours to produce a single bed. He reworked the amount of bounce in each coil, then added separate layers of horsehair, cotton, flax and wool in between. Leander took the mattress – along with everything we thought we knew about it – apart. It took two years for Jan-Erik Leander, master craftsmen of Hästens, to design the bed from scratch. But the brand knew just what the bed was worth. Now, this was an eye-popping figure at that time, even though Hästens’ mattresses already retailed for a cool five figures. If I was trying to splash out and get something special I wouldn't look twice at S brands or Tempur.In 2016, it introduced the world to Vividus, a mattress that cost over US$150,000 (S$212,000), depending on the size you went for. I feel like if I was just trying to get a foam block to sleep on I'd cheap out or DIY rather than spend those huge premiums. In the other case it's just a plastic foam block. In the Tempur case you're paying a big overhead to cover returns and exchanges, while Hastens doesn't really have these policies since it's all made to order.īoth seem very overpriced to me but in one case it seems like you're at least getting something a bit special. In both cases you're paying a huge premium for insurance (warranty). In both cases you're paying a ton of extra money for the name brand and marketing. Can't say for sure without seeing price/cost breakdowns but spending 3-5 thousand dollars for a slab of petroleum foam sets off my "rip off" alert a little more than spending even 10 or 20 thousand dollars on something handmade using solid wood, horse hair, wool, etc. Can't believe I'm defending Hastens pricing here but I could imagine an argument that Hastens is no more overpriced than Tempur or S brands.
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