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Le Bambole Lounge Chair by Mario Bellini for B&B Italia
Mario Bellini
A revolutionary Renaissance man, Mario Bellini cannot be confined to a single title. The curator, editor, professor, designer and architect can’t be confined to a single discipline either: Since the beginning of his career in 1959, the Milan-born artist has designed everything from typewriters to film cameras, stereo systems, an experimental concept car made of glass and intended for living (Kar-a-Sutra, 1972), convention centers, and of course, his industry-defining furniture collections for B&B Italia, including Camaleonda and Le Bambole.
With more than 25 of his designs residing in the New York Museum of Modern Art, in addition to the museum’s 1987 Bellini-dedicated retrospective, and eight Compasso D’Oro awards, Bellini is revered for his inventive uses of upholstered materials that redefined the craft of furniture-making and his visionary blending of organic aesthetics with contemporary Italian design and culture.