Le Bambole — Bibambola Sofa

In 1972 Mario Bellini designed the award-winning Le Bambole series for B&B Italia. Among the series is the Bibam­bola two-seat sofa. If you have ever taken one of your bed pillows and ​“plumped” it, hit it in the center and watched the corners expand, you’ve just re-created Bellini’s inspi­ra­tion for his Le Bambole seating design. The action of ​“plump­ing” and the result­ing full­ness visu­ally connotes a profound ​“bedtime” comfort and soft­ness – precisely the feeling Bellini wanted to impart to all Le Bambole pieces.

Fifty years after their initial creation, these iconic Italian designs have evolved for increased sustain­abil­ity and comfort. The new collec­tion refits the Bambola single-seat lounge chair, the Bibam­bola two-seater sofa, and the Bamboletto bed.

The construc­tion, based initially on a metal struc­ture embed­ded in polyurethane, now features the latest mate­ri­als, start­ing with a recy­cled poly­eth­yl­ene struc­ture. For added sustain­abil­ity, the compo­nents of Le Bambole can be disas­sem­bled entirely and are easily recyclable.

The under­side base is 100% jute textile. All pieces in the Le Bambole sofa collec­tion are avail­able with numer­ous uphol­stery options in fabric and leather.