Check out this year's outdoor trends and the latest favourites of Basic Collection!
With the first rays of spring sunshine just peeking through, we’ve already imagined patios, gardens and balconies with our latest outdoor discoveries. Basic Collection’s 25 years of expertise is reflected in the outdoor furniture and arrangements. These designer furniture pieces add style, excitement and harmony, while the quality choice of materials ensures that the furniture can withstand both strong sunshine and summer rainstorms, and will remain the jewel of the outdoors for many years to come. In this article, we’ve put together an inspiring selection of new outdoor products from our manufacturers. For more information on the furniture featured, feel free to contact our experts!
Close to nature
Ukiyo / Tribú
“I was inspired by the signs and the sophisticated Japanese culture, especially their eye for detail which also describes my design aesthetic. I worked on the balance between curved and taut lines and the visual weight of each element that concludes this collection”
– Monica Armani, designer of the collection
Kyo / Ditre Italia
The Kyo range has been expanded and is now also part of the new Outdoor collection by Ditre Italia. The chair still has the same build and offers the same level of comfort as the original Kyo armchair, but braided rope detailing has been added to the armrests and back to create the perfect outdoor seating look.
Bitta / Kettal
With Bitta, the aim was to create dense braiding that would still let the air through, reminiscent of the braiding of the ropes used to moor boats (hence the name Bitta, which means ‘mooring’ in Italian), which makes the pieces look lightweight but, at the same time, they look just like cosy nests in natural colours to sit back and relax in.
Twins / EMU
The Twins collection consists of two twin versions: one entirely made of teak, the other one an interesting material mix between teak and aluminium, a perfect syntesis between the designer’s experience and EMU’s know-how.
Bathing in colours
Doga / Nardi
Fresh, light and ergonomic, Doga Armchair is for outdoor use and made of fiberglass resin. It is inspired by a slatted design given a contemporary twist by the designer Raffaello Galiotto. It is handy to move, stackable, easily sanitized and entirely recyclable.
Tondina Pop / infiniti
Inspired by Nordic design, but reminiscent of soft, delicate forms, the Tondina family consists of a rounded seat and backrest supported by a slim frame. There is no place where it does not fit in, and the wide range of versions available makes it a passe par tout for any interior context.
Banjooli / Moroso
The shape of the chair, and particularly the armrests, is inspired by the mating dance of male ostriches –banjooli in the Wolof language- who stretch out their wings to show off their beauty to the female. Banjooli is part of M’Afrique, a range of chairs conceived by the designer and produced by African craft weavers using the yarn of fishing nets.
Net / Nardi
Plissé / Midj
In a slightly ironic way, Plissé pays homage to the world of fashion and the iconic pleated workmanship, so much in vogue in the 50s and 60s, and still trendy in fashion today.
Hear the sound of the waves
Baia / Ethimo
Ethimo and Christophe Pillet create a new line of outdoor furniture for ‘living on the sea’. The leitmotiv for the entire collection is a single mood enhanced by the selection of materials and finishes from the world of yachting and a range of fabrics that harks back to the true heritage of all things nautical, reworked in a contemporary key.
Costiera / Ethimo
The new yacht collection is an exercise in tailoring that harmoniously teams aesthetics and function: fabrics, generous proportions and top-quality technical materials come together in comfortable big-appeal shapes, perfect as original furnishings even in “floating” lounge areas with big contemporary allure.
Sanders Air / Ditre Italia
One of Ditre Italia’s most iconic sofas has found a new home, while retaining its distinctive aesthetic. A range of new outdoor fabrics gives Sanders Air a new look, with soft, elegant colours that are perfect for outdoor spaces.
Mitjorn / iSiMAR
The collection is inspired by the Mitjorn beach, a natural paradise on the island of Formentera. Faceted lines create a geometric pattern that comes to life in these avant-garde pieces.
Imba / Moroso
The collection has been made using woven threads normally used for fishing nets, the designs are all different and original, like their names. Handwoven,they are human in their imperfections and flaws.
Ruelle / infiniti
In the small alleyways of the small French country villages (the so-called “ruelles”) is typical having a seat on the traditional bistrot and brasserie chairs, which have been revisited by Philippe Tabet in a contemporary way.
