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B&B Italia
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Founded in 1966 as the result of the entrepreneurial spirit of Piero Ambrogio Busnelli, the company represents contemporary culture through design and constantly seeks to be the first to respond to changing needs of modern living. B&B Italia creates sofas, tables, chairs, and armchairs for residential and public spaces. Contemporary furnishing was the focus of a company from the beginning. The extraordinary design and timeless modern sense made the company successful and recognizable across the world. Strong identity, creative approach, exclusive taste, technology, and quality are the ingredients of the rich B&B Italia identity.
Design furnishing for every space
B&B Italia group has two divisions, of which one is dedicated to individual home furnishing and another one is for contract projects, including offices, shops, hotels, and public buildings.
The company is presented in 54 countries around the world, with a distribution network of 800 official stores.
B&B Italia has a focus point on the research part. The company has a research and development center which is the main hub of creative ideas, original projects, and collaborations. The company values partnerships with the best creatives in their field, thus collaborating with such names as Mario Bellini, Patricia Urquiola, Antonio Citterio, Gaetano Pesce, Naoto Fukasawa, and many more. The research and design center is a place for designers to thrive and grow their talent in the best soil full of experience and knowledge gained through the years.
The company is environmentally aware and making its progress in the sustainable direction firstly by creating long-lasting products that slow down the consumption cycle, saving the materials used, energy, and CO2 emissions. The disposal processes are brought to a minimum level, including waste recycling. The company is also in a constant research process for innovative materials which can be produced with the minimum resources.
Living space furnishing
B&B Italia has creativity, innovation, and a refined industrial manufacturing process. All that together makes perfect conditions to create items that keep their value in time. The continuous process of research and development results in new, high-end technologies that make a product for years to come. The company constantly experiments with new materials to achieve greater comfort and quality, and updates and renovates its production plants for the highest efficiency.
Bend Sofa was created by studying 3D models and making digital research. The monolith piece of furniture has a nonlinear shape, is not only aesthetical but also functional and comfortable. This piece is a perfect example of manual skills mixed with technology.
The statement pieces of B&B Italia
The first design icons of B&B Italia appeared in Gaetano Pesce’s UP collection and Tobia and Afra Scarpa’s Coronado. In the 70s Le Bombole collection by Mario Bellini which came out together with a bold advertisement campaign, collecting a lot of positive attention in the industry. The 80s were a decade of award-winning for B&B Italia. The company won the Compasso d’Oro prize for the Sisamo wardrobe and 1989 was awarded the Compasso d’Oro “for the constant integration work carried out to conjugate the values of scientific and technical research with those necessary to the functionality and expression of the products”. The 90s are marked by the Harry and Charles collection created by Antonio Citterio. B&B Italia selects their partners for collaborations carefully and picks out only the most talented designers, such as Patricia Urquiola who was a creator of successful collections Tufty-Time and Husk. Another stunning collection was created by Naoto Fukasawa, who design the Papilio chair collection.
B&B Italia is a perfect example of what is Italian design and Italian quality. The highest standards that the company keeps up and makes no compromise for include aesthetics, quality, and functionality, making B&B Italia furnishing the pieces for a lifetime.
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