Serie 500

Still considered today one of the most characteristic and complete collections ever designed by Frattini, Serie 500 was born from careful observation of the need for a new way of living, and new functions filtered by the designer’s aesthetic sensitivity and his historical memory. Serie 500writes another page in the collaboration with the Gianfranco Frattini Archive and a new chapterin the history of Tacchini: storage cabinets. Traditional elements are reinterpreted in new functions. Unexpected compartments open the doors of memory and recall the warmth of home. The first two pieces re-edited by Tacchini, the sideboard, Model 500/3, with three container elements with shutters and the high side-board, Model 500/4, with two-plus-two shutters, were designed following a concept of modularity ante litteram, which begins with a bench element — a curved wooden base strengthened by a T-shaped element that makes it non deformable — and then involves the addition of various modules in length and height.