Ciclope table and Ossimori chair is a dining set designed as exercise for the famous furniture brand B&B Italia. The brief was to design two pieces of furniture that could match the style and the philosophy of the company. The first design choice was the intention to use Carrara marble for the table and aluminum for the chair. We have chosen these materials because they occupies a role important in the Italian tradition and are generally associated with the concept of excellence; the noblest Italian sculptors including Michelangelo and Canova used marble to create their works. We then analyzed the characteristics of the material and chose to associate the heaviness of the stone with the glass that instead returns a sense of lightness, etherity. The chair's interior is made with cold-foamed polyurethane: a B&B proprietary technology. We wanted our product to be a unique piece consisting of backrest, seat and front legs. Finally we have chosen to contrast the sense of softness and warmth transmitted from the upholstery with the stiffness of the aluminum for the rear legs.