Poltrona Frau wins the Wallpaper* Design Awards 2020 with Turner bookcase
19/02/2020
Born as a modern makeover of Modello 823, a vintage swivel bookcase designed by Gianfranco Frattini, the Turner bookcase has won the prestigious Wallpaper * Design Awards 2020 for "Best Flashback"
Created by the masterful architect and designer Gianfranco Frattini (1926-2004), one of the trailblazers of the golden era of Italian design, the Turner swivel bookcase first saw the light in 1963 as Modello 823.
In a bid to celebrate its own cabinet-making excellence, along with the unbeatable modernity of this iconic piece of furniture, Poltrona Frau launched a re-issue of the bookcase at the 2019 Salone del Mobile, modernized in terms materials but developed with the utmost care in the spirit of the original project.
Turner is a 123 cm tall and 65 cm wide free-standing swivel bookcase. It consists of an internal supporting structure in metal-enclosed in a central column made with birch plywood panels with Canaletto walnut veneer. The same materials for the intermediate shelves, furnished with solid Canaletto walnut grooves to house the 21 dividing panels, 7 for each level.
The top is in birch plywood covered with a double layer of Canaletto walnut refined in the lower part to act as a counterbalance. It is crowned with a circular rotating surface made from MDF and covered with precious Pelle Frau® SC leather or Saddle Executive leather.
The bookcase received the prestigious Wallpaper Design Awards 2020 after being selected by a jury of excellence, drawn from the editorial staff of Wallpaper* and some of the most important names in the world of art and design.
