B&B Italia outdoor - La Bambola Outdoor armchair

The Bambola armchair is part of Le Bambole series, originally designed in 1972, awarded with the Compasso d’Oro in 1979. Icon of timeless contemporaneity and one of the most effective expressions of Made in Italy excellence combining research and creative flair, Le Bambole have provided a very personal answer to the theme of seats. What makes them special is the apparent absence of a load bearing structure, the extreme naturalness of the shape, and the combination of comfort, softness and elasticity that their appearance conveys.

Where the original construction was based on a metal structure embedded in polyurethane, now the materials used are of the latest generation, starting from recycled polyethylene gives structure. A sustainable project thanks to the choice of materials and the construction method, that allows the components of Le Bambole to be completely disassembled and therefore easily recyclable.

Mario Bellini

Mario Bellini is a world-renowned architect and designer. He has received the Compasso d'Oro award eight times and 25 of his works are in the permanent collection of MoMA in New York, which dedicated a retrospective to him in 1987. He was editor of Domus magazine (1985-1991). He has designed numerous art and architecture exhibitions both in Italy and abroad, including the latest ones at the Palazzo Reale with Giotto's masterpieces (2016) and at the Museo del '900 dedicated to Margherita Sarfatti (2018-2019).

In 2015, the Milan Triennale assigned him the Medaglia d'oro award for career in Architecture. In 2017, it dedicated a retrospective exhibition to him, which now beginning its world tour: first step in Moscow (March 2019). Since 1980, he has been devoting himself primarily to architecture. Buildings designed and built include the Portello District of Fiera Milano, the Villa Erba Exhibition and Convention Center in Cernobbio (Como), the Tokyo Design Centre in Japan, the America Headquarters of Natuzzi in the United States, the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne, the Deutsche Bank Headquarters in Frankfurt, the Museum of the History of the City of Bologna, the building for the Department of Islamic Arts at the Louvre in Paris, and the new Convention Center in Milan, the largest in Europe. At Rome-Fiumicino, the T3 International Airterminal was recently completed, while the new Headquarters of Generali Group in Trieste has just opened.

B&B Italia outdoor

The furnishings of B&B Italia are characterized by exceptional quality and timeless elegance. The brand reflects contemporary culture and the ability to respond to every need. Its uniqueness can be seen in the brilliant collections of furniture and furnishings, where every product is synonymous with research, creativity, innovation and design. All this is transmitted and harmonized in the Outdoor collections, managing to maintain the same standards of high quality, research, and Design for outdoor furniture of great impact.