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Blast from the Past ⁄ Coco Collection: Heritage, Innovation and Excellence Color Palette ⁄ Designer: Andrea Andretta ⁄ Technicalities Urbanism and Sociality ⁄ Bar Basso: the Ritual of the Aperitif

Blast from the Past Coco Collection: Heritage, Innovation, and Excellence Color Palette Designer: Andrea Andretta Technicalities Urbanism and Sociality Bar Basso: the Ritual of the Aperitif Unopiù

Research and a strong sense of aesthetics have contributed to the Coco collection by Unopiù. Designed by Andrea Andretta, Coco has been inspired by the old-fashioned, so-called “spaghetti chairs” – simple and robust outdoor seating with a metal structure that held up a coloured (typically aqua) PVC cable, ready to defy the whims of the climate without fearing it. You could see them in the ’60s and ’70s, welcoming patrons inside and outside bars and trattorias throughout the Italian province. These chairs considerably changed the essence of outdoor design, transforming garden-only furniture...

How to give memories a new life, with a contemporary twist Inspired by the iconic chair from the ’70s, Andrea Andretta’s new Coco collection brings contemporary freshness and purity of lines, without forgetting its roots, identity, and the essence of Italian lifestyle. Lightness, versatility, and a three-dimensional twist are the main assets of the Coco collection. Coco Collection: Heritage, Innovation and Excellence A cool design with an aesthetic reading: the frame – a tubular metal structure – and the polypropylene cord, stretched and braided, are the common thread at the heart of the...

Color Palette Earthy and warm tones: subdued and sophisticated color combinations strongly suggest an emotional reading Coco is a family of five individual pieces: chair, armchair, two-seater sofa, footrest, and a small table. The chromatic shades vary, from marsala/syrah to dark chocolate, and from sand/ecru to graphite, colours that communicate comfort and balance. Earthly tones evoke the shades of the terrain, muted and intense at the same time. The warmer hues are always elegant and easily matched to most venues. The different colour combinations offered by the Coco collection manage to...

Balance as a way of thinking: simple lines and natural materials meet space Andrea is a creator with well-versed experience in the field of Design, acquired by working for various Italian and international furniture and fashion brands. Andrea is based in Milan, where he opened his own Studio - Andrea Andretta Studio - in 2016, after a few years living and working in London, Florence, and Sydney. Born in 1985, Andrea has an Industrial and Interior Design Degree from the University of Florence. His design thinking perceives space as part of the balance between the object and its environment,...

Coco Collection Let social city-dwellers experience their spaces in a different way, with quality outdoor furniture Sitting and Lounge Armchair Product Code: COPO Product Code: COSE Product Code: COPOG Product Code: CODI Round table Polypropylene cord: Fondant Product Code: FO Metal structure: Syrah Product Code: SY Polypropylene cord: Ecru Product Code: EC Metal structure: Sand Product Code: SA Polypropylene cord: Marsala Product Code: MA Metal structure: Graphite Product Code: GR Conversations may continue between indoors and outdoors, with style, comfort and functionality. Coco is a...

Bar Basso With its red neon sign and overall vintage look, is among the essential places for a true taste of Milan lifestyle the ritual of the aperitif Open since 1947, the Bar Basso very soon becomes the go-to place in town for drinking cocktails. The historic bar is always crazy busy, especially since 1972 when, invented by chance by barman Mirko Stocchetto, the Negroni Sbagliato - the bar's signature cocktail – is created. Immediate success: through the years, Milan becomes the capital of cocktails and aperitifs par excellence. The Bar Basso's red neon sign itself becomes a symbol of the...

Since 1978, Unopiù is an international point of reference in manufacturing and distributing outdoor design furniture and accessories. Since its very beginning, the Company’s goal has been to furnish the outdoors with the same attention and care usually reserved for interiors, creating functional and esthetically elegant spaces, and providing them with complete and tailored solutions: from seating and structures to furniture accessories. Products by Unopiù, many of them created by well-known designers, are timeless proposals, in terms of both quality and design aesthetic criteria. The best...

Unopiù S.p.A Headquarters S.S. Ortana Km. 14,5 01038 Soriano nel Cimino (VT) Showroom Via Pontaccio, 9 20121 Milano — Graphic design: YellowPark Photo: Alberto Strada Text content: Francesca Tagliabue