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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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Characterized by the embracing shell and stiletto legs, Lago is enhanced by it’s intensifying bright colors that deliberately smooth the entire surface.
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 […]
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.
The chair design is based on the idea of a compass. The theme achieves a beautifully clean and balanced effect by designing the legs as one inverted V. When viewed from the side we can appreciate the balanced effect achieved by a compass. The seat itself is then sitting across these legs, which again, from […]
$600.00$510.00
Once upon a time, small, useful objects existed in homes. For smoking rather than sewing, for serving rather than displaying: they dotted the living spaces. Giuseppe Chigiotti, in designing ?Ping,? thinks back to those now-obscure times.
Dam is a transversal small armchair, characterized by a wrapping and comfortable well recognizable backrest. Seat, lumbar support and backrest/armrests are the three elements that, held together in an invisible way. Available in a single fabric or with a gradient of different tones for a best match with the spaces to be furnished.
$1,250.00
Originally created to seat visitors in the dining rooms of the Royal Festival Hall, the RFH Armchair by Robin Day is charactericed by the softly curved backrest and outwardly reaching arms. Rich in materiality, the chair’s striking form is achieved through a process of form-press moulding layers of beech and walnut veneer.