Featuring all the attention to sophisticated and stylish detail that Phillipe Stark is so well-known for, the Monseigneur Sofa designed for Driade really stands apart from the crowd. Unpretentious, but stunning, the luxurious white or black quilted leather cover gets straight to the point. The sofa’s angular, linear form is emphasized by the unbending lines formed between the circular buttons. The front legs and the asymmetrical armrest of the sofa are in smart stainless steel casting. The white sofa’s back legs are in natural mahogany; whereas the black sports ebonized ashwood back legs. A new style for 2008, the unforgettable Monseigneur Sofa by Phillipe Stark is exclusively at Driade. Looking for more Philippe Starck furniture?
The Monseigneur modern collection also features matching armchair and pouf.
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The Kartell store in New York recently exhibited Mr. Impossible, a series of chairs by Philippe Starck. While the design for Mr. Impossible was conceived years ago, the technology needed to weld two transparent shells together did not exist until recently. Also on display was Starck’s Misses Flower Power, a collection of large-scale prototype vases made from transparent polycarbonate.
FutureFactories is all about the “digital generation of one-off products.” Lionel Dean took the iconic Louis Ghost chair by Philippe Starck and developed unique chair backs and arms from laser sintered nylon, based on a generative computer script, to create Holy Ghost. Each new back is derived from a virtual design template that keeps re-building itself in real time. Lionel Dean points out that the use of this chair is a “comment on the possibilities and pitfalls of digital 3D data.” Pitfalls? Well, the information can be sent and used around the world or actual 3D objects can be scanned, and as Dean comments, “We are entering an age of digital manufacturing in which iconic designs can be sampled like music. This will bring both good and bad.”
