Image source: B&B Italia — Le Bambole
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Collection Story
Origin
Le Bambole is a series by Mario Bellini, made by B&B Italia, dated to 1972 by the brand and given the Compasso d'Oro in 1979. B&B Italia calls it an "icon of timeless contemporaneity".
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Design Language
The page names three qualities: a structure that seems absent, an extremely natural shape, and comfort, softness and elasticity in one look. The first pieces had a metal structure inside polyurethane; recycled polyethylene now gives the structure, and the parts can be fully disassembled for recycling.
Key Pieces
- Le Bambole sofas (Bibambola and Granbambola)
- Le Bambole armchair
- Le Bambole x Stella McCartney armchair and sofas, 2022
- La Bambola Outdoor armchair and the Bamboletto bed, listed as related Mario Bellini products
Pieces in this collection
Le Bambole x Stella McCartney
Bellini's Le Bambole sofa in Stella McCartney's Fungi Forest print, built to be disassembled.
La Bambola Outdoor
A 2024 outdoor interpretation of Mario Bellini's soft, curved La Bambola armchair.
Le Bambole
Mario Bellini's Le Bambole armchair, drawn as LBA1, on a polyethylene frame.
Le Bambole Sofa
Mario Bellini's Le Bambole sofas on a polyethylene frame, in two sizes, LBA2 and LBA3.
Le Bambole x Stella McCartney Armchair
Single-seat Le Bambole by Mario Bellini in Stella McCartney's hand-drawn Fungi Forest print
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