‘ East meets West ’ by Tonio de Roover is a sofa that invites people together to sit, talk or read. In visual sense, ‘East meets West’ a sculptural object, an item that refers to a flying carpet that want to rise from the earth. It is reminiscent of the ‘tales of a thousand and One Nights’, thus heralding a connection with non-Western cultures. The simplicity of the shape and the materials used to emphasise this image.