The UP5_6 Compasso d'Oro by B&B Italia is a limited edition of just 500 pieces, created to celebrate the lifetime-achievement Compasso d'Oro awarded to Gaetano Pesce's legendary UP series. The anthropomorphic armchair is dressed in an exclusive antique-gold CD fabric with a bronze-toned pouf, joined by an aluminium chain in a corten finish. Made to order in Italy.
It is built from cold-cured Bayfit® polyurethane foam with a non-removable stretch cover: antique-gold CD fabric on the armchair and bronze fabric on the pouf, joined by a corten-finish aluminium chain. The armchair measures 120 × 130 × 42/103 cm (W × D × H).
Gaetano Pesce created the UP series in 1969. This special edition marks the Compasso d'Oro lifetime-achievement award recognising the series' lasting impact on design.
Choose it as a collector's design icon: a numbered, made-to-order B&B Italia edition with extraordinary visual impact and museum-grade provenance.
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