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Beanbag
(Sacco)
designed 1968; manufactured 2013
- Medium
- talafitta textile (cotton/nylon), polystyrene, metal zipper
- Accession Number
- 2013.12
- Department
- International Decorative Arts
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased NGV Foundation, 2013
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited - Gallery location
- Contemporary Art gallery
Level 3, NGV International - About this work
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In 1968 the Italian design trio Gatti, Paolini and Teodoro began working on a seating concept that was practical, casual and stylish, and would speak to the young, hip generation of the 1960s. They produced the Sacco or Beanbag, which became a cult object overnight. The beanbag’s versatile shape offers the sitter a variety of lounging positions, and its three-dimensional design allows it to be placed anywhere in a room – features that spoke directly to the casual, social lifestyle of the era. An icon of light, modern and informal seating, Beanbag has become one of the most recognisable expressions of Italian seating design.