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Chairs

Chairs

    Acanto

    Antonio Citterio

    The Acanto chairs, with or without armrests, have solid wood frames that support comfortable seats covered in fabric or leather; another version, with the same structural characteristics, is designed to be a conversation chair.

    Ayana

    Naoto Fukasawa

    The Ayana chair for outdoor use makes use of wood with a pleasant oriental touch. The round section frame is in natural teakwood and is complemented by generously padded cushions that make it extremely comfortable. The Ayana series, which also includes a dining table, low table, sofas and armchairs, is a project with a green soul. The teakwood used for the frames is FSC® (Forest Stewardship Council) certified and all the materials that make up the various elements of the series are designed to be separated and disposed of in an environmentally friendly manner at the end of the product’s life cycle.

    Belle

    Naoto Fukasawa

    The Belle wooden chair stands out for its rounded lines and leather upholstered seat. The round section legs are given a classical feel by curving slightly outwards in the lower part. Towards the top they join up with the backrest to create elegant, elbow-shaped armrests. The backrest comes in two versions: in wood, in the same finishes as the frame, or upholstered in leather to match the seat. With a clever play of literary and stylistic references, the Belle chair is the delicate, feminine counterpart to the Bull table, but can easily be combined with other models as well.

    Borea

    Piero Lissoni

    With its modern line, Borea is a small, stackable dining armchair in painted aluminium for outdoor use. Particularly attractive is the lower part of the frame that curves slightly outwards as it rests on the ground. The metal bending and curving processes used exploit techniques typically used in the aeronautical sector and transport them into the world of outdoor furniture, giving life to a product with an unmistakable style. Comfort is ensured by extremely soft cushions that are also environmentally sustainable. The padding is in 100% polyester fibre obtained from the recycling of PET plastic bottles and surrounds a polyurethane section of different densities. Borea is a complete collection of outdoor furniture inclusive of chairs, tables, sofas, armchairs and small tables.

    Finishes:

    Tortora Painted Finish

    Calipso

    Antonio Citterio

    This chair has a wooden frame, a seat covered with leather or fabric, and a possible straw version for the back. The woods: grey oak, brushed light oak or brushed black oak.

    Canasta ’13

    Patricia Urquiola

    Canasta ’13 is given a tortora melange makeover with the new polyethylene fibre, creating an interlacing that evokes the Crinoline collection.

    Caratos

    Antonio Citterio

    Caratos is a collection of upholstered chairs market by great formal elegance. Available in different versions, with fabric or leather upholstery, they have in common the recognizable die-cast aluminum structure. A sophisticated proposal, designed for both domestic and contract use.

    Finishes:

    Amber Painted Frame Finish

    Caratos

    Antonio Citterio

    Caratos is a collection of upholstered chairs market by great formal elegance. Available in different versions, with fabric or leather upholstery, they have in common the recognizable die-cast aluminum structure. A sophisticated proposal, designed for both domestic and contract use.

    Caratos

    Antonio Citterio

    Caratos is the new chair distinguished by the elegance of its basic, geometric frame, with closely calibrated thickness and detailed, made of graphite painted or amber painted die-cast aluminium. This chair is definitely light, not just because of its essential and linear design, but also for its low weight and easy handling. The seat and back use structural panels of plastic material placed on a polyurethane layer, then covered with leather.

    Charlotte

    Antonio Citterio

    Charlotte by Antonio Citterio is a tribute to lightness. The shell is completely covered, but the frame profile is visible on the chair side, thus highlighting the line of the seat. The cover is in raw cut full grain leather in six different colours (natural, black, dark brown, mud green, bottle green, bordeaux). The frame is available in a series of different finishes that emphasize it when pewter painted, bronzed nickel painted, black chrome painted or black painted aluminium, or blend it with the cover when painted in bottle green or bordeaux colours.

    Cleide

    Antonio Citterio

    Cleide and Despina chairs are the re-edition and modernization of two chairs designed by Antonio Citterio at the dawn of Maxalto’s trajectory, updated in terms of their materials, production technique and sizes to adapt to the evolution of the living spaces. Both have frames in grey, brushed light and brushed black oak variants and seat covers in fabric or leather.

    Cosmos

    Jeffrey Bernett

    This is an evolution of the Metropolitan chair, now presented with a new typology of packaging and covering. The renewed frames range from the more classic four bright brushed aluminium spokes with swivel seat, to bright chromed steel rod that allow stacking.

    Crinoline

    Patricia Urquiola

    Can you picture the dresses that women wore in the 1800s? Full, bell-shaped skirts held by crinolines (rigid underskirt garments) were spectacular “micro-architectures” commonly seen in living rooms everywhere.

    All of the chairs in the Crinoline collection are designed to reflect this elegant look: the wide curve of the base is repeated in the seat and the curve of the backrest.

    “The curved part gives it a double-shell silhouette,” said Patricia when describing the soft lines of the series. Crinoline outdoor chairs and armchairs are comfortable, feminine and romantic.

    Crinoline is an innovation in taste. An opening. A product that encloses all of the sensitivity of a team working in collaboration with the B&B Italia Research and Development Centre. We left from Italy for the Far East with an aluminium structure: light, recyclable, resistant, completely rustproof and therefore perfect for outdoor use, and everything concerning the weave was changed. The creative process took shape through comparisons with the strengths and weaknesses of manual techniques and love for these traditional arts. Expert weavers tried time and again, but the perfect result escaped us. The woven cover of Crinoline emerged like the Arianna’s cloth: “I gave birth to it with the people who were working on it with me,” said Patricia. As a result, it is a collation of codes and languages. The 1800s, digital information, technology and hand crafted excellence.

    Cutter

    Mario Bellini

    Cutter is Mario Bellini’s new chair with strong and decisive aesthetics which create a new type of seating. The back of the chair is slashed by a cut which is pays homage to the great artist Lucio Fontana. Although evident, Cutter’s nature does not only lie in an aesthetic choice but generates an unprecedented type of seating. The twin backrest’s ends are functional and comfortable in a frontal position, while moving independently and allowing a lateral position. This gesture is suitable for chatting with the person seated nearby. It is also designed to ensure high comfort seating and casual movements, allowing the user to lean on one side with an arm placed around the backrest. The seating frame is made of metal and webbing, softened by a classic polyurethane upholstery. To guarantee elasticity and strength to the double backrest, B&B Italia’s Research & Development Centre has opted for a sophisticated harmonic steel core. The upholstery and cover fully envelop the chair in embossed thick leather, creating an ideal synthesis of softness and rigour, underlined by saddle stitching. The central cut reveals an inner part in refined black Saffiano thick leather, as if Cutter’s soul peeps out from this dramatic opening.

    Finishes:

    Dark Brown Embossed Thick Leather

    Black Embossed Thick Leather

    Despina

    Antonio Citterio

    Cleide and Despina chairs are the re-edition and modernization of two chairs designed by Antonio Citterio at the dawn of Maxalto’s trajectory, updated in terms of their materials, production technique and sizes to adapt to the evolution of the living spaces. Both have frames in grey, brushed light and brushed black oak variants and seat covers in fabric or leather.

New Arrivals

    Cleide

    Antonio Citterio

    Cleide and Despina chairs are the re-edition and modernization of two chairs designed by Antonio Citterio at the dawn of Maxalto’s trajectory, updated in terms of their materials, production technique and sizes to adapt to the evolution of the living spaces. Both have frames in grey, brushed light and brushed black oak variants and seat covers in fabric or leather.

    Despina

    Antonio Citterio

    Cleide and Despina chairs are the re-edition and modernization of two chairs designed by Antonio Citterio at the dawn of Maxalto’s trajectory, updated in terms of their materials, production technique and sizes to adapt to the evolution of the living spaces. Both have frames in grey, brushed light and brushed black oak variants and seat covers in fabric or leather.

    Flair O’ Outdoor

    Monica Armani

    The Flair O’ Outdoor chair is characterized by a lightweight aluminium frame completely covered with an interlacing of polypropylene ribbons created following a meticulous artisan process. In particular, the backrest is woven on a special circular loom (tombolo) in line with an ancient technique typical of the area where the B&B Italia headquarter is located. To fine-tune it, Monica Armani collaborated with unPIZZO, a design studio based in Cantù, which specializes in the recovery and development of traditional weaving techniques revisited in a contemporary key and applied to the furnishing sector. The structures, available in sophisticated shades, is completed by two padded cushion that define the shape and provide even more comfort. Flair O’ Outdoor is proposed in two heights to match with the two heights of the Allure O’ Outdoor tables: a classic seating height and a less imposing one more devoted to relaxation.

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