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Be Bop
Be Bop by Ludovica Serafini + Roberto Palomba for Kartell: mass-dyed polypropylene with soft touch.
690 × 750 × 620 mm
4.9 kg
Approx. $850 (reference price; varies by region and retailer)
Official product information
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Overview
The Be Bop chair is credited on Kartell's page to Ludovica Serafini + Roberto Palomba. The page gives product id 0582607 in Grey, and the data sheet, codes the model 5826.
Construction
The sheet names one material: mass-dyed modified polypropylene with a soft touch treatment, and the leaflet repeats it as mass coloured modified polypropylene with a soft touch effect treatment.
Specifications
- Dimensions (sheet code 5826): 69 x 62 x 75 cm
- Weight: 4.9 kg
- Colour range: three, White, Grey and Black
- Test marks: Compliant on two EN standards; nine EN 1728:2012 clauses reported
Story
Stools carved in Africa, plywood curves
Kartell's page describes a chair that combines several expressions in a single vocabulary. It says the lines follow the most traditional carved African stools and merge them with the American design of the golden years, echoing the concept of curved multilayer plywood.
The name
The studio's own page for the project says the name Be Bop represents the Jazz movement, which it describes as characterised by a very fast rhythm and an innovative harmonic structure.
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