Philippe Starck, Dr Sonderbar armchair
"Swinging on a tripod is more dangerous, but more fun."
Starck spent his childhood under the drawing tables of his father, an aircraft designer. He remembers the hours spent sawing, cutting, gluing, sanding, dissecting bicycles, motorcycles and other objects.
A few years and a few prototypes later, Italian publishers entrusted him with our furniture. The President asked him, like others, to change his life at the Élysée, the Café Costes became the café. In New York, he made the Royalton and the Paramount the first classics of a new hotel industry. He scattered Japan with architectural monsters that made him the leader of expressionist architecture. His respect for the environment and humans also affected France, where he created the École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs in Paris, the control tower at Bordeaux airport and the waste treatment plant in the Paris region. He also opened the Jean-Paul Gaultier boutique and two restaurants, Bon and Bon 2, in Paris.
He rediscovers the eternal of the navy with Bénéteau, ennobles the toothbrush, squeezes lemons but upside down, even manages to make our televisions friendly by bringing his "emotional style" into the world of electronics at Thomson. But he also takes the time to change our pasta, our ashtrays, our lamps, our doorknobs, our cutlery, our candlesticks, our suitcases, our kettles, our knives, our vases, our clocks, our scooters, our desks, our beds, our taps, our bathtubs, our little corners, our Life finally... our life which fascinates him more and more to the point of attacking the human body with clothes, underwear, shoes, glasses, watches, food as well as hygiene products, with the affirmed concern to respect in each of his creations nature and the future of man.
He has won all the prizes and awards in France, the United States and Italy. Creator of the Year, Grand Prix du Design Industriel, Oscar du Design, Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres, Compasso d'Oro, and many others.
Always and everywhere present, he wants to understand our dreams, our desires, our needs and awaken our responsibility towards the future. He declares himself an enthusiastic and honest citizen and makes it his duty to share with us his subversive vision of a fairer world that suits us so well.
Designed in the early 1980s, the Dr Sonderbar armchair in stainless chrome metal, responds precisely to Philippe Starck's analysis, according to which "the fourth leg is a redundancy. The tripod creates tension. A three-legged chair obviously has a different spirit. It requires more attention, greater participation, more intellectual and sensual demands on the part of the user. There is the beginning of a relationship with the person who is going to sit down. Swinging on a tripod is more dangerous, but more fun."
Designer: Philippe Starck
Publisher: XO
Dimensions: 64 x 91 x 47 cm
"Swinging on a tripod is more dangerous, but more fun."
Starck spent his childhood under the drawing boards of his father, an airplane designer. He remembers the hours spent sawing, cutting, gluing, sanding, shelling bikes, motorcycles and other objects.
A few years and a few prototypes later, Italian publishers entrusted him with our furniture. The President asks him, like others, to change his life at the Élysée, the Costes café becomes the café. In New York, he makes the Royalton and Paramount the first classics of a new hotel business. He sprinkled Japan with architectural monsters that made it the leader of expressionist architecture. His respect for the environment and for people also extends to France, where he designed the École nationale supérieure des arts decoratifs in Paris, the control tower at Bordeaux airport and the waste treatment plant in the Paris region. He also opened the Jean-Paul Gaultier boutique and two restaurants, Bon and Bon 2, in Paris.
He rediscovered the eternal navy with Bénéteau, ennobled the toothbrush, squeezed lemons but upside down, even managed to make our televisions friendly by bringing his "emotional style" into the world of electronics at Thomson. But he also takes the time to change our pasta dishes, ashtrays, lamps, door handles, cutlery, candleholders, suitcases, kettles, knives, vases, clocks, scooters, desks, beds, faucets, bathtubs, little corners, our Life at last ... our life which fascinates him more and more to the point of attacking the human body with clothes, underwear, shoes, glasses, watches, food as well as hygiene products, with the affirmed concern to respect in each of his creations the nature and the future of the man.
He is rewarded with all prizes and awards in France, the United States and Italy. Creator of the Year, Grand Prix du Design Industriel, Oscar du Design, Commander of Arts and Letters, Compasso d'Oro, and many others.
Always and everywhere present, he wants to understand our dreams, desires, needs and awaken our responsibility towards the future. He declares himself an enthusiastic and honest citizen and makes it his duty to share with us his subversive vision of a fairer world that suits us so well.
Designed in the early 1980s, the Dr. Sonderbar chair, made of stainless chrome-plated metal, responds precisely to Philippe Starck's analysis that "the fourth foot is redundant. The tripod creates tension. A three-legged chair obviously has a different spirit. It requires more attention, more participation, more intellectual and sensual demands from the user. There is a beginning of a relationship with the person who is going to sit down. fun.”
Designer: Philippe Starck
Publisher: XO
Dimensions: 64 x 91 x 47 cm