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Designed by Philippe Starck
There are objects that are universally recognized as icons. The Costes armchair, which in 1984 marked the beginning of the collaboration between Philippe Starck and Driade, and the consecration of the then-unknown designer in Italy, is certainly one such object. Designed for the now-defunct Parisian caf? of the same name, it owes its enduring success to the absoluteness of its form: an enveloping dark wood shell and three sharply angled legs.
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Created to complement the homonymous chair, Toy table, lives, indeed, an independent life thanks to the elegance of its stem, strongly tapered. A detail which, combined with the soft lines of connection with the top and the base, gives the piece an intense classical connotation.
An armchair/character, with an organic outline, perhaps anthropomorphous, conceived with leather directly fixed on a fiberglass skeleton. A tribute, to the great Carlo Mollino and to the Danish design of the 50s, led by Starck with impeccable mastery. The frame is the result of a complex and skilful construction: a first outer shell made of […]
lou eat is not a chair, it is an animal-like sculpture that could eat you.’ Philippe Starck Lou eat and lou think, along with lou read, form the lou read family, a seating collection that features plastic sculptural shapes. lou eat is the easiest and most versatile item in the collection, a small armchair upholstered […]
Even a classical image, as a railed chair, in the hands of Philippe Starck acquires a particular connotation. In Pip-e, the sequence of horizontal elements, which create the seat and back definetly, takes on a strong chiaroscuro and goes, unexpectedly, to accompany the bending of the knees.
Whatever you want out of a chair, it has to be comfortable, and it has to be stylish. The Elephant chair is both, and because it is available in plastic or with upholstered leather, you can choose a design that complements your current decor. Whilst not immediately apparent, the shape and form of this stunning […]
Virginia is a collection designed by Ludovica + Roberto Palomba for Arrmet with a decisive and tangible sign, rich in modernity, sensuality and awareness. The solidity and softness of upholsteries draw near the simplicity and lightness of bases. Virginia plays the eternal duality of reality, in the coexistance of solid and concrete but at the […]
The quality of being modest: The freedom from vanity, the respect for discretion in the conduct, in the language, in the clothing, the simplicity, the moderation, designed to prevent the accidental exposure of a body part, a strip of modesty, of meekness.