How to: Outdoor materials

If you are considering to renovate outdoor spaces, then choose carefully the materials: outdoor furniture must be weather-resistant to last for more than a season! Anyway, you can be spoiled for choice.

Aluminium furniture is easy to move and water-repellent. Take the Roda Dandy Collection, designed by Rodolfo Dondoni. The structure finish is characterized for the high, but strong shell. The fabric upholstery  is available in different colours.

Also the exsclusive Pavilion daybed by Tribù, designed by Monica Armani, have an aluminium structure. It's a classic canopy bed that joins different materials for the outdoor: teak, aluminium or Sunvision.

The Basket collection by Roda includes elegant sofas and coffee tables with a sturdy steel structure, with backrests and seats in Batyline, a polyester woven fiber, protected by PVC cover.

Among the most versatile and economical materials, cutting-edge plastics and polymers give birth to woven textiles along with lighting and furnishing solutions that require very little maintenance. The seats and coffee tables of Solea collection by Serralunga have a metal tubular structure with a unique seating and shell in polypropylene. Balanced lines remind an ancient style, reinterpreted in a contemporary key by the designers Giacobone_Roj - Progetto CMR.

Again with a woven design, B&B Italia Outdoor presents the Erica collection, designed by Antonio Citterio, that stands out for lightness and high design. The seats and back cushions ensure comfort and relax. Besides the painted frames present three finishes that match the high resistance synthetic fabric interlacing of Polypropylene.

Realized just for Mohd, the Masters Sweet Pink chair is an icon of design. It is charming and light, made of polypropylene. Designed by Philippe Starck and Eugeni Quitllet, it received many prizes as “Good Design Award 2010” and “Red Dot Design Award 2013”. This special edition can be also used for decorating your external spaces.

WPC (Wood Plastic Composite) materials join the warm appearance of wood and the functionality of plastic materials. They are made of polymers and plant materials and do not splinter, are moisture-resistant and don’t require any special maintenance. Even wood by itself, however, is increasingly chosen by designers for their outdoor lines. Teak in particular can last for generations. The Mood chair by Tribù is a warm combination of teak and handwoven tricord that consists of polyolefin and is weather-resistant, but has a very soft look.

The Ginestra collection of large rectangular and round dining tables, with natural teakwood structural details, presents a sophisticated central insert made of Calacatta white porcelain stoneware. 

The latest products in Gervasoni’s Inout Collection are sofas and tables characterised by a hand-woven natural kubu rattan shell that envelopes padded seats and cushions. Seats are very comfortable and upholstered in water-repellent fabric. The structure in aged teak wide woven with grey PVC with irregular pattern have an exotic and natural appeal.

The Terramare collection by Emu is composed of a set of sofas and armchairs crafted in aluminium tubing. Arms and backrest are in synthetic leather, which gives to the material an aged look.

Lampyris by Panzeri is a LED floor lamp, designed by Lorenzo Giacomini, the winner of the contest “Un designer per l’impresa”. The reinforced structure allows you to walk on the lamp without the danger of warping. The lamp is composed of polycarbonate and aluminium that ensure its durability.

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