B&B Italia
Outdoor
The B&B Italia Outdoor collection is designed with comfort and beauty in mind. What started as a product evolution in the 1970s has developed into a collection with depth and a world-first stand alone flagship showroom in Sydney designed by Milanese architect, designer, and B&B Italia’s longtime collaborator, Antonio Citterio.
B&B Italia Outdoor is the result of 50 years of pioneering experience that redefined outdoor living by bringing the sophistication and comfort of indoor furniture to contemporary outdoor spaces.
B&B Italia established its first outdoor division in 1975 with the launch of Compagnia delle Filippine. Working with long-term collaborators Afra and Tobia Scarpa, the collection mixed the traditional weaving techniques found in the Philippines with cutting-edge Italian design, setting the foundation for a new vision of outdoor furniture.
When B&B Italia began further developing the collection in 2007, the focus again was innovation, materials and manufacturing know-how that would translate to the harsher realities of the climate. In collaboration with Milan-based Spanish designer Patricia Urquiola, the Canasta collection marked B&B Italia’s reentry into the outdoor world. Today, the brand’s most loved and iconic pieces have joined the collection and new designs continue to expand the range.
Synonymous with B&B Italia’s relaxed elegance, timelessness, dynamic materials, textures and colours, the B&B Italia Outdoor collection includes sofas, sun beds, chairs and armchairs, tables for dining and nesting, and iconic pieces that have been adapted for outdoor living.
From highly functional pieces including the Erica ’19 armchair and sofa family designed by Antonio Citterio and made in tough aluminium, to the macro interlacing textures of Patricia Urquiola’s decorative Canasta and Nipa Doshi and Jonathan Levien’s Bay sofa collections, as well as classic designs in wood by Naoto Fukasawa, Vincent Van Duysen and Antonio Citterio, flexibility is key to the collection.
Design icons include La Bambola, first designed in 1972 by Mario Bellini, now reimagined, its curves finished in weather-resistant striped upholstery in eye-catching bold colour ways. While sofas like Ray and Charles by Antonio Cittero are also designed with soft washable cushions, as well as L-shaped and peninsular configurations providing multiple ways to relax, embedded with the brand’s trademark quality and design provenance.
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Showrooms
Visit our B&B Italia Outdoor flagship in Sydney featuring the entire collection of B&B Italia Outdoor, or our Space showrooms in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, and meet our dedicated in-house team of qualified designers who have experience working on highly detailed interiors and extensive brand knowledge from B&B Italia in Italy.
At Space Furniture we understand that designing for the outdoors is involved and requires time, experience and know-how. Our team understands the collection inside-out and is dedicated to helping you create personalised spaces. Whether you have a clear vision and just need assistance with the selection of pieces, or need help planning out each space, at every stage of the process the Space team can help you create the perfect feel.
B&B Italia Outdoor Flagship - Sydney
Ground Floor, 85 Commonwealth Street, Surry Hills NSW 2010
Opening hours
Monday - Saturday: 10am - 6pm
Sunday: Closed
T: 02 8339 7508
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Quality, durability and sustainability
A leader in quality, design excellence, research and innovation, B&B Italia is keenly developing products characterised by superior recyclability and disassembly properties, sustainable materials and design processes. It’s an approach that mirror’s Space Furniture’s philosophy and founding principles, to support design that is built on quality, function, beauty and importantly product longevity.
B&B Italia’s ongoing pursuit of innovation has focused their R&D on the principles of the circular economy. Products are designed so that every element can be easily dismantled and materials have another lifecycle. They incorporate recycled fibres from PET bottles that are also fully recyclable, quality wood from FSC approved sustainable forestry and 100% recycled waste wood. Key outdoor pieces include the Mirto folding chairs by Antonia Citterio. Designed in light aluminium, a material that is infinitely recyclable, with a seat and back made from Batyline® Canatex mesh produced from innovative sustainable hemp fibre that replaces the polypropylene weaves traditionally used for the outdoors.
Across the product life cycle, all categories are assessed with respect to health and safety impacts and in terms of compliance with applicable regulations with the support of leading Italian and international test laboratories to meet the brand’s continuous quest for excellence and innovation, quality and sustainability.
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