The design is Italian, the rest is production. And in Italy, design companies bear the names of the families that founded the brands. Like Tacchini, created in 1967 by Antonio, when production too, was almost entirely Italian, and the most poetic and soul-stirring passages in the story of design were written. Naturally in time the children become the heirs, and the new founders, in a rationale of continuous updating and redefinition of the underlying idea, and that is what is actually handed down. Equally naturally, those who frequent the family become a part of it: team members, consultants, suppliers, employees, workers and clients. Still today, in this family the strength of the idea is central to every creative process, in a logical process of evolution, from the analysis of the idea to the three dimensions of the object, before ultimately becoming the essence of living. This ongoing process ensures a sense of connection with contemporary style, which is then further enhanced by the choice of quality materials and leading-edge technology, and always referencing an all-important tradition, so as to avoid the danger of confusing style with fleeting fashions and design with simple mass production. Inevitably, the story of a family is reflected in the places they inhabit: the headquarters of a company mirrors the people who work there and the philosophy of which they aspire. The Tacchini building features an architectural structured into two storeys, a fusion of materials and spaces that blend into a complete whole, expressing in ethos and essence. In the background, Brianza, between Como and Milan, too blindingly green in summer, too grey and inward-looking in winter; these places, with their extremes, form the backdrop to this story, the very birthplace of design, where people and ideas merge with the design culture. Each object, each piece of furniture created in this building carries within it the hallmark of Italian design: the ability to give any space a sense of place, be in public or private, domestic or communal, filling it with presence.
- TACCHINI EDIZIONI
The art of staging is all about the ability to present a story: giving aesthetic representation to a piece of music, a story or a vision. With Tacchini Edizioni, the desire and ambition is to stage Tacchini’s furniture and design icons, with accessories that dress up the snapshots of our life, depicting truly sophisticated living. Just like accessories in fashion, furnishing accessories are the details that enhance, or simply ‘complete’ the background of an otherwise neutral snapshot. A rug or lamp, like a hat or tie, can provide an accent and add value, but if they are mismatched, they can spoil even the loveliest of clothes or the most elegant designs. For this reason, the work has been carried out with care and attention to every detail. Tacchini Edizioni draws directly on the earliest history of production at Tacchini, exploiting the same evocative rich cultural loam, with care and courteous respect for the designs and for the great masters. And this is how new projects are born, budding and sprouting, the natural offshoots of the great classics, but as fully-formed adults, ready to shine in their own right.
- DESIGN CLASSICS
Maestri or “masters” are those charismatic figures capable of teaching and handing down an art through their direct actions and also through the inheritance of their actual works. In design the Maestri communicate through the classics, timeless designs far from any idea of fashions and trends yet so powerful as to produce a style naturally. Tacchini as set aside some rooms in this living environment for the classics and the maters who have designed them, in a process of revivals which are a challenge and a lesson on contemporary style.
- CONTRACT
A design cannot be considered in isolation from external constraints and stresses. This is why Tacchini maintains a dialogue so as to grasp and interpret the thoughts of its designers and of its clients. In the contract world, this enables it to express the quality of its products, using the best materials and complying with the strictest standards and certifications. Places of work or play, hotels, stadiums, wellness centres or shopping malls, all become the stage on which Tacchini can express the uniqueness of its designs, their durability, comfort and versatility. What’s more, the constant relationship with the modern world and the stresses it brings makes Tacchini a veritable seismograph of the state of being: an accurate sensor and promoter of new possibilities, bringing better living for all.
Anywhere, out of the world.
- DESIGNERS
Like snahpshots of real life, there are key players who make the stories they tell unique: in the house of Tacchini, designers are honoured guests who dress its secret rooms. Great masters who narrate their stories to their disciples, like parents who enable their children to dream before they even fall asleep: all gathered around a heart that burns with passion and creativity. Designs become places to be explored and missions to be accomplished, moments to be experienced, and remembered forever.
