B&B Italia Up Series 2000 UP5_6 Armchair - Striped
SOARA STRIPED Beige/Orange Fabric
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SOARA STRIPED Beige/Orange Fabric
‘Pierre Cardin wanted to meet us. Foreign firms asked for licences. UP was in fact a magnificent vehicle of internationalisation for C&B [now B&B Italia], and also a tremendous advertising tool for the firm’s technology.’ – Francesco Binfaré
According to B&B Italia, the idea for UP came to Gaetano Pesce in the shower. It was at the 1969 Milan Furniture Fair that the UP Series made headlines internationally. Exploring the capabilities of air-sensitive foam with Bayer, the first UP5 armchair was vacuum-packed flat and when unwrapped slowly expanded to the delight of the audience. So successful was the design that B&B Italia relaunched the now permanently expanded model in 2000, and then added the miniaturised UP Junior range in 2014. To celebrate the 50th anniversary, B&B Italia has expanded the range with solid colours – orange red, navy blue, petrol green, emerald green, and cardamom, and included a 50th Anniversary Special Edition in striped beige/petrol green that references Pesce’s original colour palette developed in 1969.
Dimensions
Armchair 120w x 130d x 103h cm seat height 42 cm
Ottoman Sphere 57 cm
Gaetano Pesce
Gaetano Pesce is an Italian architect and a design pioneer of the 20th century. He studied architecture in Venice and attended the Venice Institute of Industrial design. At this experimental school, he met Milena Vettore with whom he opened a studio in Padua, founding in 1959 the "N" Group which focused on studies in programmed art. Since 1962 he has worked in design, experimenting with new materials and unusual shapes. In 1971 he collaborated with BracciodiFerro (then part of the Cassina group) for the production of certain experimental objects and in 1972 he took part in the famous exhibition 'Italy: The New Domestic Landscape' at MoMA in New York. Examples of his work, such as the UP_5 are found in the most important design museums all over the world.
Gaetano Pesce is an Italian architect and a design pioneer of the 20th century. He studied architecture in Venice and attended the Venice Institute of Industrial design. At this experimental school, he met Milena Vettore with whom he opened a studio in Padua, founding in 1959 the "N" Group which focused on studies in programmed art. Since 1962 he has worked in design, experimenting with new materials and unusual shapes. In 1971 he collaborated with BracciodiFerro (then part of the Cassina group) for the production of certain experimental objects and in 1972 he took part in the famous exhibition 'Italy: The New Domestic Landscape' at MoMA in New York. Examples of his work, such as the UP_5 are found in the most important design museums all over the world.
