Jeffrey Bernett

Jeffrey Bernett was born in Champaign, Illinois, studied business at Northwestern University and the University of Minnesota and furniture design at Parnham College in England. In 1995 he founded the multidisciplinary consultancy Studio B in New York, presented his first collection at ICFF in 1996 and was named Best New Designer there in 2000. Often the first American chosen by European manufacturers, he has worked with Knoll, Cappellini, Boffi and Magis.

For B&B Italia he designed the Tulip armchair in 2000, the Landscape chaise longue in 2001 and the Metropolitan armchair in 2002, a family now including Metropolitan Relax.