B-KINI Collection

Paolo Rizzatto, 2025

With B-kini chair, Paolo Rizzatto introduces the first cantilever chair in Alias collection, reinterpreting an icon of 1930s rationalist design that stands out for its cantilever seat and characteristic tubular steel structure.
The design combines technical strict logic and aesthetic sensitivity, with a focus on innovative materials and visual lightness. The stylistic signature of Paolo Rizzatto is reflected in the search for a perfect balance between structure and upholstery, functionality and expressiveness, resulting in an essential and sophisticated seat.

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B-KINI

Available in various finishes, B-kini is characterised by a continuous load-bearing structure made of round-section steel profile and a seat-backrest system created, respectively, with a felt band, closed in a loop by an elastic fabric insert, easily removable. Suitable for residential and professional contexts, B-kini is a solid yet handy chair, where the contrast between the materials enhances the purity of the shapes with a design that combines constructive precision and visual lightness.

"The diversity of the two materials provides a juxtaposition to the simplicity of the two shapes. B-kini arises from this dialogue, a solid, light, elastic, handy, colourful, dressed and interchangeable chair."– Paolo Rizzatto

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Paolo Rizzatto

He was born in Milan in 1941 and graduated in architecture from the Polytechnic University of Milan. He works on the construction and interior design of single-family houses and public buildings in Milan, Bologna, Novara, Chieti and Formentera. In 1991, he began his collaboration with Alias, for which he designed the Young Lady armchair, followed by the Young Boy stool in 1993, and the Flexus sofa in 2000. He also designed the New Lady and New Lady Soft chairs in 2018, the Violon armchair in 2022, and the Plettro table collection, which received the Archiproduct Design Award in the same year. Since 1997, he has taught courses in light design at the Domus Academy and the Polytechnic University of Milan, where he lives and works.

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