Clearance items - Up to 80%*
Online Exclusive - 10% off &Tradition with code AT10
Visit us in store for a wider selection of items not found online.
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.
Variation
0
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.
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.
Obtained form the ancient wax casting technique, Miss Lacy represents and makes accessible a baroque lace by transforming it into an embracing shell. Characterized by the expertly pierced shiny mirrored stainless steel. A true jewel than to a functional object.
$2,440.00
Archetypal shapes in architectural geometry inspire these historical masterpieces._ Designed by the great contemporary architect from the Ticino canton for the interiors of some of his famous buildings, they have become classics in the Alias catalogue, icons of design made in Italy. Main features are the seats seconda, in perforated sheet steel.
Design has recently begun to reread the last 80s, a period full of hedonistic sings. Ludovica and Roberto Palomba embrace this input in a collection for driade that combines some of this aesthetic hallmarks as straight cast-aluminium structure elegantly painted and damier decoration.
$1,120.00
Inspired from the past, the truly thin structure brings an elegant lightness to a sturdy, precious handcrafted chair. From the back to the arm, it forms beautiful curves in three dimensions. The craftsman’s dedication to makes the Memory chair a precious piece to be treasured and to contemplate the wisdom of life in value and […]
$790.00
Designed with stackability in mind, the Daystak Side Chair by Robin Day is a lesson in functional utility and the beauty of simple forms. Exhibiting the designer’s dedication to craft, the side chair’s complex construction belies its visual simplicity and minimalist mid-century silhouette.