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Designed by Philippe Starck
Costes chair debuted in 1984, marking the beginning of the partnership between Philippe Starck and Driade. A designer, formerly unknown in Italy, creates one of the world’s most iconic object. Designed for the once homonymous, now disappeared Parisian cafe, owes its timeless success to the absoluteness of forms: a dark wooden embracing structure with three highly tilted legs.
Finishes:
Structure in steel painted black, seat shell in mahogany, ebonized mahogany, grey oak, striped wenge with seat upholstered in leather in black or bamboo with seat upholstered in leather in beige
Dimensions:
W475 x D580 x H800 mm SH470 mm
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