{"id":154409,"date":"2025-11-19T13:56:03","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T12:56:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.themust.fr\/?p=154409"},"modified":"2025-11-20T13:40:43","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T12:40:43","slug":"bb-italia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.themust.fr\/en\/bb-italia\/","title":{"rendered":"B&#038;B Italia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243;][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;170952&#8243;]<em>Photo : \u00a9 B&amp;B Italia Archive<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;556321&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"85\" data-end=\"146\"><strong data-start=\"85\" data-end=\"146\">B&amp;B Italia: When Italian Design Becomes a Cultural Legacy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"148\" data-end=\"474\">Since its creation in 1966, <strong data-start=\"176\" data-end=\"190\">B&amp;B Italia<\/strong> has embodied the essence of contemporary Italian design: bold, elegant, and profoundly innovative. More than a furniture manufacturer, the brand has become a cultural landmark, shaping interiors around the world with a unique blend of creative intuition and technological excellence.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"476\" data-end=\"523\"><strong data-start=\"476\" data-end=\"523\">A Story of Vision and Industrial Innovation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"525\" data-end=\"929\">Founded by <strong data-start=\"536\" data-end=\"563\">Piero Ambrogio Busnelli<\/strong>, B&amp;B Italia was built on an avant-garde idea: combining industrial production with the artistic sensibility of great designers. At a time when handcrafted traditions still dominated Italian furniture, the brand dared to introduce new methods\u2014most notably cold polyurethane foam molding\u2014revolutionizing the industry by offering both comfort and sculptural precision.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"931\" data-end=\"1266\">Behind the scenes, Busnelli\u2019s workshop became a playground for experimentation. It\u2019s said that the earliest prototypes were tested endlessly by the founder himself, who was known for sitting, jumping, or even lying down on models to judge their resilience and comfort. This blend of rigor and playfulness still defines the brand today.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1268\" data-end=\"1311\"><strong data-start=\"1268\" data-end=\"1311\">Icons That Marked the History of Design<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1313\" data-end=\"1417\">B&amp;B Italia\u2019s catalogue reads like a museum of 20th- and 21st-century design. 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