Vintage Italian Sideboard in Wengé and Stained Oak by Ferdinando Meccani, 1978

Meccani design is a company that designs and produces furniture items of superior craftsmanship with three generations of experience. All products are designed and manufactured in Italy, Tuscany, in its laboratory located in Cascina (Pisa). They have a strong tie with the territory as for the highly innovative and technological production process and the design while maintaining the Tuscan furniture tradition. It also combines the taste and contemporary style typical of Made in Italy. The modern furniture has a classic, durable, timeless taste where a natural material, wood, meets fantasy and experienced hands to beautify the environment in which we live. Classicism and innovation, with the best materials and techniques to ensure a high-quality which goes beyond fashion. A great respect for nature and the sheer quest for integration, allows us to design and build in a sustainable way, with the least environmental impact, reducing energy waste, using natural, renewable and biocompatible materials at their best. A green world, with the choice of non-toxic materials coming from certified forests. Furniture made of wood, because wood is beautiful, warm, fragrant, renewable, robust, solid and it is also an alive resource.” Above introduction derives from Meccani Design and, in a flowery way, accurately describes their idealism and principles that are oozing from their eye-catching creations. They have collaborated with illustrious designers and artists such as Paolo Portoghesi, Ettore Sottsass, Ugo La Pietra, Adolfo Natalini, Michael Graves, Masao Noguchi.