Parallel – B&B Italia

Parallel – B&B Italia
Designed by Michael Anastassiades. Two imposing aluminium bars joined by two side supports is the concept for the first table designed by Michael Anastassiades for B&B Italia. A basic structure with a minimal and essential vision – a concept that becomes an object.

The search for extreme simplicity is often accompanied by the need to find cutting-edge technical solutions, and Parallel Structure is the perfect example. To respect the project’s purity, great attention was paid to the detailing of the joins , the relationship between cleanliness of form and structural elements and the combination of different materials. The legs are in solid wood, while the side supports – architraves connecting the coloured aluminium bars – hide a metal core, necessary to provide solidity and greater visual lightness to the structure.

The collection includes two sizes and tops in different materials: Canaletto walnut and four variants of oak – light, grey, black and smoked – for a choice that favours minimal aesthetics or glass, which enhances the beauty of the engineering process through transparency. This table creates a pure and monolithic presence, where apparent simplicity erases all that is superfluous. Starting from its name, Parallel Structure is a product that naturally brings an architectural approach to the design world.