Design Classics
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Today, half a century after their creation, the projects realized by these great masters
of the past continue to keep alive the soul of the Italian line through a series of revivals
made by Tacchini. Castiglioni brothers’ Babela and Sancarlo, Franco Albini’s Bianca
and Monzino and Gianfranco Frattini’s Agnese, Gio, Giulia and Sesann, Umberto Riva’s E63
represent the result of a meticulous collaboration among designers, artisans and producers.
Tacchini proposes these pieces with the desire to preserve and communicate the ideals
that have guided their creation. Maintaining the integrity of the original projects, Tacchini
has adapted the designer’s drawings to modern production. In this way, it has transferred
the past design culture to the present.
La Linea Italiana
Sancarlo (Tacchini, 2010)
Bianca (Tacchini, 2012)
Gio (Tacchini, 2016)
Sesann (Tacchini, 2015)
Sesann (Tacchini, 2015)
Oliver (Tacchini, 2017)
E63 (Tacchini, 2017)
Agnese (Tacchini, 2014)
Babela (Tacchini, 2010)
Monzino (Tacchini, 2010)
Giulia (Tacchini, 2016)
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8 Pearson Lloyd
9 Roberto Grossi
10 Monica Förster
11 Pietro Arosio
12 Gordon Guillaumier
13 Luca Nichetto
14 Lievore Altherr Molina
15 Barazzuol ⁄ Malisan
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Tacchini Highlights
Giving space to ideas
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Tacchini Highlights
Design Classics
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The hero of Italian design, Achille Castiglioni, along with his brothers Pier Giacomo and Livio, was able to find
irony and beauty into the simplicity of everyday life. From the simplest electrical switches to the most iconic
project of modern design, Castiglioni brothers transformed their uncontrollable curiosity in a series of timeless
pieces.
The “complete” architect, Franco Albini, tackled the world of architectural design with the desire to create
a sense of coherence and unity among the different elements of human environment. Following the axiom
of modern project – “from the spoon to the city” – the architect Albini took care of each project until to the
smallest details. He designed unique pieces of furniture, used only inside his architectural buildings.
Gianfranco Frattini is one of that skilled generation of architects and designers, who have marked the Italian
design movement of the last century. Frattini’s projects are characterized by a formal elegance, which is
able to transmit clearly, and simply the ideas and thoughts that led to their creation. At the beginning of his
career, he was a collaborator of Giò Ponti. Over the years, Gianfranco Frattini will develop a personal and
symptomatic approach to the design based on a careful formal and structural research.
Babela (Chair), 1958
Monzino (Table), 1939
Bianca (Armchair), 1939
Franco Albini
Achille Castiglioni
Sancarlo (Sofa, Armchair), 1970
Agnese (Armchair), 1956
Giulia (Armchair), 1957
Gio (Table), 1957
Oliver (Sofa), 1957
Sesann (Sofa, Armchair), 1970
Gianfranco Frattini
