A sculptural ode to domestic rituals and design memory
With its Milan Design Week presentation and expanding collection, Tacchini once again demonstrated that furniture can tell stories, trigger memories, and elevate the rituals of everyday life.
At the 2025 edition of Salone del Mobile, Tacchini presented a sensorial refuge amid the fair’s frenzy, reaffirming its singular vision of contemporary living—one grounded in the poetry of daily rituals, sculptural materiality, and enduring design. The brand’s exhibition stand, envisioned as a serene retreat, invited visitors on an immersive journey through tactile textures, refined geometry, and intimate atmospheres.
With scenography by Charlotte de La Grandière and architectural direction by Matteo Fiorini (Studio LYS), the space unfolded as a sequence of subdued, cocoon-like volumes punctuated by slits of light and muted tones. Here, Tacchini unveiled its newest collections and collaborations, weaving a delicate balance between design heritage and future-oriented creativity.
The Bread & Butter collection by Faye Toogood
The highlight of Tacchini’s presentation was the Bread & Butter Collection by British designer Faye Toogood—a tactile and poetic exploration of domestic rituals. Rooted in Toogood’s own daily bread-making practice, the collection elevates the sensory simplicity of breakfast into sculptural, functional design. This collection exemplifies Toogood’s philosophy: “Everyday life is a thing of beauty. Sometimes you need go no further than the breakfast table to find meaning.”
Bread Side Tables and Bread Console emerge from maquettes made by slicing and stacking sourdough and ciabatta loaves. Crafted from stained ash wood with maple inlays, their softly rounded edges and warm tones evoke the feeling of freshly baked goods—familiar, elemental, and nourishing.
The Butter Serving Tray, with its glossy ceramic finish and undulating shape, is designed to perch on sofa arms or console surfaces—ideal for holding everything from toast to keys, marrying practicality with whimsy.
Butter Sofa is a generously upholstered, modular seating system originally sculpted from Cornish butter. With plush, squashy contours and reconfigurable block-like forms, the sofa transforms everyday comfort into a visual and tactile experience.
Contemporary craft and emotional memory
Alongside Toogood, Tacchini showcased other new collaborations that emphasized sculptural refinement and emotional resonance.
Klotski Chair by Michael Anastassiades pays homage to the geometry of sliding-block puzzles. Its wooden structure, subtly offset and rigorously composed, masks a complex construction beneath a deceptively simple appearance. Available in cherry or matte green finishes, the chair expresses quiet sophistication and timeless utility.
The first collaboration with Objects of Common Interest resulted in the Tact & Trace Mirrors and Refract Vases, both made from translucent, colored resin. Inspired by kaleidoscopic memory and childhood crystal keepsakes, these prismatic forms reflect light and time in fluid interplay—an homage to the fragility and beauty of recollection.
An intimate stage: Tacchini’s Brera showroom
Coinciding with the fair, the company inaugurated its first monobrand showroom in Milan’s Brera district—a restored early 20th-century apartment transformed into a living gallery of the brand’s ethos. The styling by Charlotte de La Grandière embraced a soft palette of pastel tones and matte finishes, creating a sequence of rooms that felt more like a home than a display.
High ceilings, parquet floors, exposed brick vaults, and large wooden-framed windows framed a quiet dialogue between architecture and furniture. The space became a stage for Tacchini’s collections, where re-edited icons and contemporary creations mingled in harmony—each piece a character in the narrative of domestic intimacy.
Living with meaning
With its Milan Design Week presentation and expanding collection, the Brand once again demonstrated that furniture can be far more than functional—it can tell stories, trigger memories, and elevate the rituals of everyday life. Through collaborations that privilege materiality, emotion, and form, Tacchini continues to shape a vision of design that is both timeless and deeply human.
