B&B Italia Outdoor Collection
ANTONIO CITTERIO
Antonio Citterio is an Italian architect, furniture designer and industrial designer who lives and works in Milan. He acquired a degree in architecture from Politecnico di Milano in 1972 and subsequently started working as a designer and industrial design consultant. Antonio Citterio currently works in the industrial design sector with Italian and foreign companies such as Ansorg, Arclinea, Axor-Hansgrohe, B&B Italia, Flexform, Flos, Hermès, Iittala, Kartell, Maxalto, Sanitec (Geberit Group), Technogym and Vitra.
RIBES COLLECTION
Ribes is the new modular seating system designed by Antonio Citterio with a focus on versatility, customisation, colour and research on materials.
Sofas, central and end elements, chaise longue and ottomans all come in a huge variety of shapes and sizes that lend themselves to being arranged in an outdoor space according to personal taste.
ERICA COLLECTION
The Erica collection of sofas, armchairs and small chairs that was so successfully launched in 2017 has been enhanced by new sofas, still based on the same characteristic curved backrest and interlacing as before but offering a deeper seat and lived-in appearance.
PATRICIA URQUIOLA
BUTTERFLY COLLECTION BY MS. URQUIOLA FOR THE OUTDOOR COLLECTION
The system includes a family of complements, seamlessly integrated with the seats, making it possible to design many compositions suitable for different space customization requirements.
“I always think that the project
I’m working on will be the best”
CANASTA COLLECTION
This was the first time that Patricia decided to design an ultra-decorative, handmade collection (“it takes four hours for two craftsmen to put the interlacing on the structure.”).
The inspiration? A wicker basket in the Far East: Patricia Urquiola started working on the weave of Canasta (basket in Spanish) while out in the Far East. To find the perfect weave, the designer reinterpreted the traditional design of the octagonal holes in Viennese cane, mixed two patterns to transform the product into the macro-pattern of Canasta and create a series of outdoor sofas that look classic but have contemporary adaptability.
Outdoor sofas, swivel sofas, high and low back armchairs for the garden from the Canasta ’13 line maintain the iconic design and the typologies of the entire Canasta series, but with a new look designed to blend in with the external environment even more.
