Emblematic of the rigorous designs of Gianfranco Frattini, the Gong side table reemerges with his quintessential grace and flair of form, now in diverse heights and diameters — a family of proportions for sculptures, plants, and other decor.
In a muted brushed finish of brass or gunmetal, the metals present a new emphasis on materiality, with a column in the same colour or contrasting in brass, and a tabletop and base in iron, all in gleaming, elemental purity.
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Video by Lorenzo Gironi
A video directed by Lorenzo Gironi, shot entirely on film, in which seven products, integral part of the Acerbis’ heritage, reemerge under a new light. A game, a succession of unprecedented contaminations, suggestions, sounds, oppositions and unions.
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The side tables are entirely painted in gunmetal or an orbital bronze matt finish. The stand is in brushed brass for the two-coloured version and sharply contrasts with the two finishes.
Orbital bronze: hand-brushed handcrafted finish to create the “scratched” effect.
Multi-layered painting with "gunmetal" effect. The difference between coffee tables of the same finish is characteristic of the manual workmanship, which may be susceptible to variations in tone and homogeneity.
Multi-layered varnishing with a "scratched" effect obtained by manual brushing. The difference between coffee tables of the same finish is characteristic of the manual workmanship, which may be susceptible to variations in tone and homogeneity.
Multi-layered painting with "gunmetal" effect. The difference between coffee tables of the same finish is characteristic of the manual workmanship, which may be susceptible to variations in tone and homogeneity.
Multi-layered varnishing with a "scratched" effect obtained by manual brushing. The difference between coffee tables of the same finish is characteristic of the manual workmanship, which may be susceptible to variations in tone and homogeneity.
Natural brushed brass with antioxidant protective coating.
From the archive
- 1 1989, Selected for the XV Compasso d'Oro Award
- 2 Gong was created in 1987, in different heights and sizes, and is now an archetype of this type.
- 3 Studio drawings signed Frattini, from the Acerbis historical archive
- 4 Photographic slide from 1987, Gong part of the Morphos collection by Acerbis.
- 5 Presentation of Gong coffee tables and Proust bookcase by Frattini, Salone del Mobile 1987, GapCasa
- 6 Presentation of Gong coffee tables and Proust bookcase by Frattini, Salone del Mobile 1987, Casaviva
- 7 Gong: the original 'gunmetal' finish
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