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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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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.
A chair deliberately abstract in its composition and, for this reason, comfortable in unpredictable ways. Seemingly carved into a block, Toy speaks a language of sharp and broad plans that make it different from other molded polypropylene chairs. In this connotation Toy is unique even within the design corpus of Philippe Starck.
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.
With this project Traba ‘inaugurates the collaboration with the designer Massimo Broglio, who gives life to a stackable seat and not from the cross-shaped structure in beech and ash, and with circular section legs that thin at the ends . Many chromatic shades and the variety of padding that make Edith – with a Scandinavian, […]
The chair, inspired by a model from 1930 by Josef Hoffmann, blends his interest in Art Nouveau and simple shapes with manufacturing processes applied in Bystrice pod Hostynem since 1861. The armchair is therefore more geometrical, but bears the clear features of the manual bending technique of TON.
The deep and rounded seat invites to relax and talk. A perfect balance of the volume of the body which perfectly combines with the characteristic support structure, thus defining a new idea of ??the “cockpit” type. Balù provides numerous chromatic variations and ton sur ton or neutral shades foreseen by the colors of the collection. […]
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The design of the Smart armchair comes from the perfect balance between the enveloping curve that outlines the backrest and the dynamic verticality of the weave in synthetic Var#tex rope. Light and easy to handle, the Smart armchairs are stackable in groups of four, a quality that makes them the perfect choice for outdoor areas […]