B&B Italia + Space Furniture create a furniture collection for Sydney's MCA

1/3 Naoto Fukasawa's Cloud bench for B&B Italia takes on the designer's pared back approach to form set against the striking colours in artist Robert Owen's wall painting.

2/3 Designed in 1969 the pop art inspired UP series by Gaetano Pesce is held in museum collections around the world including MoMA New York and the Centre Pompidou.

3/3 The George armchair designed by Antonio Citterio for B&B Italia is low and comfortable for understated relaxation in the Ambassador's room.

A Major Sponsor of the new Museum of Contemporary Art, Space and B&B Italia collaborated with Elizabeth Ann Macgregor to develop a furniture collection for the museum's new building by Architect Marshall.

Well known for their theatre and museum collaborations, most recently B&B Italia worked with architect Zaha Hadid on the MAXXI Museum in Rome. Like the MAXXI, here the conversation was one of embracing the needs of a busy museum, in the case of the MCA more than 100,000 visitors in its first two weeks of opening, and the importance of responding to the architecture itself.

Works selected are by New York based designer Jeffrey Bernett, Japanese designer Naoto Fukasawa and Italian architect and designer Antonio Citterio, each piece chosen for its clear, sculptural approach in tune with the building's big, bold form.

One of the highlights of the collection is the UP series by Gaetano Pesce. Designed in 1969 at the height of the pop art movement, it is now one of the world’s most exhibited designs that puts the MCA in good company with MoMA New York and the Pompidou Centre in Paris.

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