The Lilo armchair upon which Urquiola is sitting during our chat is another result of such a tranquil design approach. A classic wooden frame is upholstered in the manner of Scandinavian furniture, with a hint of 1950's modernism and the great masters of design, with the final result being a soft and contemporary chair.

“I find the return to thinking more about textural qualities a positive thing, in general,” she continues. “Then there is the process by which we can broaden the collection in order to make it suitable for a larger range of circumstances, a similar thing to what we did at B&B Italia with the Outdoor line. Another task is going back and improving a ten-year-old design. Products need time for fine-tuning in order to become more interesting, which is what happened with the Shimmer items I designed for Glas Italia, presented last year in the prototype phase. This year, it's actually finished, like the kitchen I made for Boffi, also now fully industrialised.”