The recent pandemic health emergency has brought about a veritable social revolution, in daily, economic and even urban life. Above all, the lockdown has forced millions of people to work in remote mode.
This affords many advantages: cost savings for companies, reduced pollution, growth in productivity, more effective organizational models, expansion of digital culture, more time for family, social life and daily tasks. On the other hand, working from one’s own home space mainly implies a mental change, a new lifestyle and a certain amount of self-discipline to preserve the boundaries between the various activities; personal contacts decrease, there is no immediate exchange, no coffee breaks and brunches outside the office, and one tends to neglect appearance and attention to clothing.
The home becomes an office and the office becomes a home: these environments merge and diversify.
In this contemporary evolution, transversal furnishings are essential, such as the Tran Tran maxi table, Maddalena Casadei’s precursor project which unites working, eating and meetings in hybrid spaces, without forsaking design. Or like the Bix armchair by the Zanellato/Bortotto duo, a creation which, with its natural elegance, fits perfectly into multi-purpose environments, making it formal and suitable for an office, especially in the version on casters, but also cosy and comfortable for the living room.
Needing to organize storage space, the iconic Boby trolley by Joe Colombo is a must. Compact and essential, it is a supportive and inseparable companion, equipped with drawers and shelf to store or rest materials of all types. Movable on wheels and nomadic by nature, it adapts to the most varied contexts and can easily dovetail domestic and professional use.
Times are changing, and B—Line’s flexible and functional furnishings effortlessly adapt to new needs.