OFFICINA RANCILIO - Roberto Rancilio on a business trip (1953/1953)Museimpresa
Roberto Rancilio
The history of Rancilio's coffee bar machine begins with Roberto Rancilio, who opens his first workshop in 1926 with the name "OFFICINA RANCILIO"
OFFICINA RANCILIO - Rancilio's logo on ReginaMuseimpresa
The coffee bar machine are fascinating objects, they tell us about the years in which they were born, the hands that produced them, the places where they were located. They are mirrors in which we can see aspects of our history and culture of the last century.
OFFICINA RANCILIO - The first advertising poster of Rancilio (1930/1930)Museimpresa
Regina and Ottagonale
The Belle Epoque and the Roaring Twenties
Regina
It all stars with Regina, the name evokes the importance of coffee bar machine in the bars at the beginning of the twentieth century. Majestic and seductive, Regina reflects a decade of changes that look to progress and modernity.
Ottagonale
Simple and geometric, it represents the new style of the Twenties. The vertical red brand with three-dimensional letters is linked to Futurism.
OFFICINA RANCILIO - Rancilio's logo on InvictaMuseimpresa
Preziosa and Ducale
The American Style in the Fifties
Preziosa and Ducale reflect the influence of American Style and the glance towards modernity. The lettering of the brand, the structure of the machine, the introduction of plastic elements want to show a new vision and new approach to a modern aesthetic taste.
The coffee bar machine models of Fifties by Rancilio. Ducale and the Rancilio brand. Preziosa and its mini-version, Mignon.
OFFICINA RANCILIO - Advertising for High Line automatic machine (1965/1965)Museimpresa
High Line
1965
OFFICINA RANCILIO - Advertising for Senior Line automatic machineMuseimpresa
Senior Line
1965
The High Line and Senior Line models were designed by the Italian Architect Giovanni Travasa. These coffee machines represent the new wave of the Italian society during the "boom economy" period. The second generation of the Rancilio family wants to change the production looking to new international markets and uses a new machine with colorful body and geometrical design.
Z8
Rancilio and the designer Marco Zanuso
Rancilio and Marco Zanuso
Z8 is a huge success for Rancilio who decided to work with Marco Zanuso, the most iconic designer to work on a new concept of machine. Art merges with the commercial and productive spheres in a product which becomes a real masterpiece. It is the beginning of the Futuristic era.
OFFICINA RANCILIO - Advertising postcard for Z9 (1980/1980) by Antonietto e Romano Rancilio, Marco ZanusoMuseimpresa
Z9
The production of Rancilio's coffee bar machines continues in the 1980s under the sign of innovation and modernity.
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