Additional System Armchair with footstool

Tacchini Additional System Armchair with footstool

Manufacture year 2024

Designer  Joe Colombo

Modules with unusual shapes give life to original seating configurations where aggregation and variability become the protagonists.‎ Additional System is a project designed by Joe Colombo in 1967: a modular system with timeless charm, “futuristic” still today 50 years later.‎ Cushions of six different sizes, inspired by the ergonomic studies of the 1960s, come together in dynamic and flexible combinations created by varying the number of elements and how they are positioned.‎ Additional System is available in armchair, ottoman, and daybed versions.‎

Modules with unusual shapes give life to original seating configurations where aggregation and variability become the protagonists.‎ Additional System is a project designed by Joe Colombo in 1967: a modular system with timeless charm, “futuristic” still today 50 years later.‎ Cushions of six different sizes, inspired by the ergonomic studies of the 1960s, come together in dynamic and flexible combinations created by varying the number of elements and how they are positioned.‎ Additional System is available in armchair, ottoman, and daybed versions.‎

Dimensions

Armchair 90 x 90 x H 75 cm 

Pouf    90 x 60 x H 40 cm

Wood frame covered with polyurethane foam in different densities.

Base and inserts made of aluminum.

Covers made of leather or fabric.

Removable cover.

DESIGNER   Joe Colombo

Joe Colombo (1930-1971) was one of the greatest Italian designers and architects. Although he died prematurely, his objects are well-known for their function, aesthetics and technological innovation yet with a contemporary design. Among his most famous achievements we find Boffi's Minikitchen, the Multi-Chair armchair and the Boby trolley for B-Line, the Fresnel, Globe and Coupé lamps for OLuce and the iconic Tube armchair designed for Cappellini. For his accomplishments, he received important awards such as the Compasso d'Oro Award (1967-1970) and won a Medagli d'Oro at the Milan Triennale (1963).

Joe Colombo attends the Politecnico and the Brera Art Accademy in Milan. After an important experience in the informal art, in 1963 he devotes himself to the design of industrial products, many of which, when differently assembled, are proper object systems composed of a set of fittings for different domestic environments. In his design, he originally employs traditional materials, to culminate with the experimentation of new materials and the latest technologies. He designs futuristic “machines for living” that become icons for the new way of living in small open spaces. Joe Colombo introduces the relationship between space and time in design and he defines furniture as autonomous, flexible, convertible, and independent from the architectural contest. He intends furniture as equipment that can be used in different ways and times to meet the different needs of the user. He is awarded numerous design prizes including: First prize In-Arch for the interior design of an hotel in Sardinia; one gold and two silver medals at the XIII Triennale; two Compasso D’Oro; two International Design Award; the Tecnhotel prize and the SMAU prize. Many of his works are part of the collections of the major museums around the world.