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Le Mura XL

Three years after the reissue of Mario Bellini’s original project, Tacchini enhances the natural comfort of the Le Mura collection with a new XL version: the depth of the seat is increased, and together with the new, soft cushions that can be moved freely, it introduces a new, more intimate and homely dimension to enjoy its comfort in the company of friends and family. Le Mura XL also highlights the versatility of the original design with additional modules — corner units and chaise longue — that allow for the creation of larger configurations. Reissued by Tacchini in 2022 while respecting its free and innovative spirit, Mario Bellini’s Le Mura represents the manifesto of 1970s radical design, addressing questions of aesthetics, proportions, and ergonomics, as well as deeper issues related to social, ethical, and moral content. The result is a project that unites modules of different shapes and sizes in virtually infinite configurations without ever losing the inexhaustible energy that characterises it, both today and in the past. Far from being just a sofa, Le Mura focuses on modularity, which is already expressed in the name, referring to the large stones that made up Roman walls and can, like the system’s elements, theoretically be joined endlessly to fit into spaces of varying dimensions.

About Tacchini

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 1965 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 became the heirs, and the new founders, in a rational of continuous updating and redefinition of the underlying idea, and that is what is actually handed down. Equally...

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