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BILLIANI IN MILAN 2015 May 2015

The new Billiani story, made up of stylistic research, innovation and the consolidation of its roots, was told at the Salone del Mobile Milan 2015. It tells of a belonging to a territory, where the chair is the undisputed component around which a community is established, and knowledge has been entrenched and strengthened for centuries. It tells of a belonging to a tradition that began with an old artisan soul, to then give rise to high quality and technologically-advanced products.

SPY ARMCHAIR
Design by: Emilio Nanni

SPY is a stained or lacquered solid beechwood armchair with padded and fabric-upholstered plywood seat. The fusion between frame and seat has never been so gentle. A careful study of construction gives SPY its distinguishing style through the exquisite workmanship of the seat, which folds to contain the back leg. This smooth and elegant design provides guests with enhanced comfort and bestows prestige on spaces. The tailored finishes emphasize a strong character, which combines innovation and formal precision with extreme comfort. The back legs come out, becoming an identifying feature, in harmony with a finely-tuned set of double volumes.

HIPPY CHAIR
Design by: Emilio Nanni

HIPPY is a collection of upholstered chairs, in which the play of stitching, sculpted volumes and fine-tuned attention to thickness generates a strong appearance and character. In the Wood version, the upholstered frame is combined with a turned beechwood base, particularly suited to an elegant and contemporary-style dining area. The Metal version has a rod base, bringing a degree of lightness to the collection. Extensive combinations of colours, fabrics and frames fully define its nature. It is a sophisticated object, which adds a touch of informal elegance to any room in which it is placed. This year, alongside the Wood and Metal chairs with or without armrests, a lounge and bar stool have been added — proof of the increasing completeness that Billiani manages to bring to all its collections.

W COLLECTION - HIGH BACK CHAIR, ROCKING CHAIR
Design by: Fabrizio Gallinaro

The W chair family is the result of a design paradigm— the one that says that "subtraction adds value": “less is more”. The elegantly minimal essence of the individual features is in contrast with the magnificent texture of the wood, which is available in both natural and lacquered versions in various colours. The chair is shaped with careful monitoring of the thicknesses, angles and relationships between parts, to give a balanced and harmonious design. 

In his reinterpretation of what has perhaps been the most widespread type of chair in the history of design, designer Fabrizio Gallinaro wanted to give the Windsor Chair a contemporary look. The versions on offer include a chair, stool, lounge and rocking chair. The tangible result in each of them is a seat characterized by a strong sense of history that has a completely modern look at the same time. This 2015 edition includes the new versions W 603 and W 604, presented as a high back chair and high back rocking chair.

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