Milan is the city where thousands of people converge every day for thousands of different stimuli: it is not for nothing that it is considered the capital not only of fashion, but also of design, being able to count the major events for both fields. If for fashion, it is Milan Fashion Week the most awaited moment, for design, on the other hand, it is the Salone del Mobile. Milano, held from June 7 to 12, considered the most important fair, worldwide, for those who work in the world of design and the home-furnishing sector.

Now in its 60th edition, there were 2,175 exhibiting brands, 27 percent of which were foreign, with 600 young designers; there were then 262,608 visitor attendances over six days, from 173 countries, a true sign of restart after two years of standstill.
The imperative of this edition is sustainability, an increasingly hot topic in recent years, to which many companies are tending to propose environmentally friendly products under the banner of a circular economy, including energy savings, recycled materials and social responsibility.

Some companies have already made their creations from a green perspective, such as B&B Italia’s Le Bambole and Poltrona Frau’s Archibald Armchair.

On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Mario Bellini’s “Le Bambole,” B&B Italia has decided to reintroduce these icons of Italian design in a completely new way, looking at both comfort and sustainability. The new version is a meeting of past and present: it offers generous, curvy, increasingly feminine shapes and does not give up the comfort and softness of the seat, now made with the latest technologies and new materials. “Le Bambole” of 1972 saw a metal frame with polyurethane as the only material, now the new model uses second-life polyethylene and for the undercovering recycled PET. Comfort is also amplified by the use of Sablè, a new irregular material reminiscent of natural surfaces.

B&B Italia celebrates “Le Bambole” by Mario Bellini with a renewed, sustainable and comfortable design.

For its part, however, to celebrate its 110 years of activity Poltrona Frau asked the artist Felipe Pantone for a collaboration, from which Archibald Anniversay Limited Edition was born, a reinterpretation of the Archibald armchair designed about ten years ago by Jean-Marie Massaud immediately became an icon of the brand, thanks to the combination of form and substance.
The Pantone designer stated that “I ended up choosing Archibald, for its minimal structure and unique features such as the armrests and backrest details. My idea was to use the minimal design of the armchair and combine it with my graphics which are very loud and dynamic. He thus created a nuanced grid of reds, oranges, yellows, whites and blues, taking inspiration from Frau’s ColorSphere. The leather of the first model is replaced by the new Pelle Frau Impact Less, which aims to protect the environment, being chrome-free and having reduced the use of chemical components.

The Salone del Mobile therefore confirms itself as a large and important cultural event, which acts as a showcase for furniture on an international level.

Poltrona Frau celebrates its 110 years of activity with a collaboration with the artist Felipe Pantone.