Sacco armchairs courtesy Zanotta
Sacco by Zanotta “The Italian Style” in a special design exhibition, celebrates over 40th years of Zanotta’s revolutionary Sacco armchair and its non-stop production. Piero Gatti, Cesare Paolini and Franco Teodoro designed Sacco in Italy in 1968.
Piero Gatti, Cesare Paolini and Franco Teodoro in 1968 (photo, courtesy Zanotta)
From the moment these 3 architects from Turin arrived at Zanotta with a PVC “bag” ¾ filled with polystyrene balls and the idea of developing an industrial project, the Sacco armchair started on its special journey. From a cult object and icon of light, modern and informal design, it set an unquestionable all-time international record to become one of the most important expressions of Italian creativity.
The Sacco story is one of the more documented and most significant when it comes to a design product able not only to go beyond traditional project boundaries by entirely re-writing the rules, but also able to interpret and represent an age. In 1972 it went on display in New York’s MoMa and today, 26 international museums have added Sacco to their permanent collection of contemporary or applied art. In addition to the MoMa, it is on exhibit at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, the Victoria & Albert Museum in London and the Triennial Design Museum in Milan. In Atlanta, Sacco will be added to MA’s “N-Stock” permanent collection.
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