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Costes philippe starck chair.
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A louis ghost 4852 chair by french designer philippe starck for italian design company kartell is on display on march 23 2010 at the kartell museum in milan.
Seat padded with polyurethane foam.
Starck was also responsible for the interior design of the royalton and paramount hotels 1988 and 1990 in new york city work that subsequently.
Very nice set of 4 dining chairs model costes designed by philippe starck and manufactured by driade aleph italy 1984.
This famous iconic chair was designed for the café costes in paris.
Some 1000 kartell objects are.
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Costes chair design by philippe starck start to be mass product from 1985 by driade an italian company with black painted tubular steel structure and curved plywood shell.
The shell is made of bent plywood.
The three legs weren t simply contrived for style they served a purpose.
In philippe starck design restaurant interiors for the café costes 1984 in paris manin 1985 in tokyo theatron 1985 in mexico city and teatriz 1990 in madrid among others.
Starck used a black lacquered tubular tripod shape to avoid making it too bulky which would have hindered the movements of the waiters.
Chair for kartell by philippe starck and powered by autodesk is now available in kartell stores worldwide.
The timeless appeal of the costes chair is confirmed by its popularity even today over 26 years since it was first placed on the market.
They were designed to prevent waiters in the busy parisian cafe costes from tripping.
Apart from its obvious ergonomic industrial and ecological functions there is also its meaning and its background and above all the background of the people who will experience it.
The three legs on philippe starck s classic chair are what make this design iconic.
As you will see on these pages philippe starck s furniture makes a bold statement and it can add a welcome bit of humor to even the most traditional decor.
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Starck used a tripod shape to avoid making it too bulky which would have hindered the movements of the waiters.
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While one of his limited edition prince de fribourg et treyer armchairs might be priced at 7 000 a plastic starck chair for the italian firm kartell is available for around 250.
Costes easy chair that in 1984 marked the beginning of the partnership between philippe starck and driade such as the consecration of the designer formerly unknown in italy is one of these objects.