Driade Furniture
Italian
Italian furniture brand Driade offers modern designs that are joyful, whimsical and slightly mischievous — words that might be used to describe the tree nymph of Greek mythology for which the company is named. Faye Toogood’s chunky, stout Roly Poly armchair and Fabio Novembre’s enigmatic Nemo chair — in which a backrest assumes the form of a human face — are just two examples of Driade’s eclectic furnishings.
Driade was founded in 1968 by brother and sister Enrico and Antonia Astori, and Adelaide Acerbi Astori, Enrico’s wife. Described by the company as a “factory of art,” Driade was focused solely on bringing distinctive and creative seating, case pieces and decorative objects to market in its early years. The brand sought to mass-produce decor and furniture that could also be seen as provocative works of art.
Driade's initial collaborations included Italian designers such as Enzo Mari, Nanda Vigo, Giotto Stoppino and Rodolfo Bonetto, to name a few. In the 1980s, the brand worked with influential and renowned designers from around the globe. In 1984, Driade partnered with French designer Philippe Starck and debuted his iconic Costes armchair during the same year. Projects with architects and furniture designers such as Ron Arad, Toyo Ito, Borek Sipek, Patricia Urquiola and others followed into the 2000s.
Over more than five decades — the company celebrated their 50th anniversary in 2018 — Driade’s fruitful partnerships have culminated in a vast catalog of chairs, sofas, coffee tables and other furnishings for the home and garden that evoke a unique and diverse blend of cultures.
Driade has also garnered international acclaim, winning the Compasso d’Oro award in 1979 and 2001 for Enzo Mari’s Delfira chair and ebony-finished, chipboard-top table, and again in 2008 for Ron Arad’s MT3 rocking armchair.
On 1stDibs, discover a range of vintage and contemporary Driade tables, cabinets, armchairs and other furniture.
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Creator: Driade
"Nemo" Colored Head-Armchair Designed by Fabio Novembre for Driade, 2017
By Fabio Novembre, Driade
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Nemo" is a polyethylene monobloc fixed or swivel iconic head-armchair, designed by Fabio Novembre and manufactured by Driade, available in white, black, gray or red matt colors. Swivel version is for indoor use only.
Red fixed version and black, white and gray fixed or swivel versions only are available in quick ship.
DIMENSIONS:
D. 32.6", W. 35.4", H. 53.1", Seat H. 16.1"
FABIO NOVEMBRE uses furniture design to tell intense and fascinating stories in which the protagonist is often the human figure. This human figure is capable of becoming abstract and universal, able to propose a mythical beauty as occurred in Greek art. So that Nemo, a face with classic features, is hollowed out to create an inhabitable space. The result is a head-armchair to be lived from the inside. Like a mask, it simultaneously conceals and reveals its inhabitant.
Fabio Novembre said about Nemo:
"In 2010 it happened that the name "Nemo" immediately evoked the famous little fish, protagonist of the movie of the same name, made by Pixar in 2003.
If this question had been asked at the end of the nineteenth century, the answer would have probably been Captain Nemo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Driade Furniture
Materials
Plastic
"Bo" Stackable Colored Chair Designed by Philippe Starck for Driade
By Philippe Starck, Driade
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Bo" is a stackable chair (max 8 pieces), designed by Philippe Starck and manufactured by Driade, in polypropylene monobloc available in mustard yellow, white, carnation or gray colo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Driade Furniture
Materials
Plastic
"Tokyo-Pop" White or Black Monobloc Stool Designed by T. Yoshioka for Driade
By Driade, Tokujin Yoshioka
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Tokyo-Pop" is a white or black anthracite polyethylene monobloc iconic stool, matching with tables high 35.4", designed by Tokujin Yoshioka and manufactured by Driade. White version...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Driade Furniture
Materials
Plastic
"Mingx" Indoor Steel Low Stool with Back by Konstantin Grcic for Driade
By Driade, Konstantin Grcic
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Mingx" is an indoor low stool with back, designed by Konstantin Grcic and manufactured by Driade. Structure in printed steel sheet and rod with polyester painted in orange, light gr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Driade Furniture
Materials
Steel
"Mingx" Outdoor Steel Chair Designed by Konstantin Grcic for Driade
By Driade, Konstantin Grcic
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Mingx" is an outdoor chair, designed by Konstantin Grcic and manufactured by Driade, with structure in printed steel sheet and rod with protective cataphoresis treatment polyester p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Driade Furniture
Materials
Steel
"Mingx" Indoor Steel High Stool with Back by Konstantin Grcic for Driade
By Driade, Konstantin Grcic
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Mingx" is an indoor high stool with back, designed by Konstantin Grcic and manufactured by Driade. Structure in printed steel sheet and rod with polyester painted in orange, light g...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Driade Furniture
Materials
Steel
Philippe Starck "Neoz" Roller Table for Driade, Paris, 1949
By Philippe Starck, Driade
Located in Marbella, ES
Philippe Starck "Neoz" chestnut and marble roller table for Driade, Paris, 1949. Very elegant thanks to it's simple polished lines and the high quality materials.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Driade Furniture
Materials
Marble
"Mingx" Leather and Steel Chair Designed by Konstantin Grcic for Driade
By Driade, Konstantin Grcic
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Mingx" is a chair, designed by Konstantin Grcic and manufactured by Driade, with a structure in printed steel sheet and rod with polyester painted in orange, light gray, bronze or b...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Driade Furniture
Materials
Steel
"Cuginetto" Tempered Glass and Steel Coffee Table by Enzo Mari for Driade
By Enzo Mari, Driade
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Cuginetto" is a coffee table, designed by Enzo Mari and manufactured by Driade, featuring a black anthracite painted steel sections structure with round or square tempered glass th....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Driade Furniture
Materials
Steel
Turner Cast Aluminium Candleholder by Xavier Lust for Driade
By Xavier Lust, Driade
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Graceful and charming by itself; romantic in a pair (like a pas-de-deux); mysterious in a group of six, like in a forest: this candleholder by Xavier lust knows how happily spend dif...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Driade Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
Peary II Medium Glass Vase by Borek Sipek for Driade
By B. Sipek, Driade
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The vases by borek sipek have onion, leaves, shoots, thorns and twigs clinging on their top. A whole world of fantasy stolen from the plants’ one. Peary is available in transparent o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Driade Furniture
Materials
Glass
Tenochititlan Large Red Cast Aluminium Candleholder by Laudani & Romanelli
By Driade, Laudani & Romanelli
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Born in 1962, after studying art he received a degree in architecture from the Milan polytechnic, where he has been teaching for a number of years. In his studio-workshop, located in an historic building on via rossini, he combines work closely tied to architecture and design (primarily interior and exhibit design) with “studio” work involving the applied arts, from decoration to illustration to graphics and painting in the strict sense. his collaboration with Driade, which dates from the early nineties when (together with william bertocco) he created three mirrors for the “follies” collection, responds to the many facets of the company’s work: designing stands for the Frankfurt, cologne and milan furniture fairs, shops in various parts of the world, catalogues and the decor for the milanese parties held during the furniture salon. recent works and/or works in progress...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Driade Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
Isotta Large Glass Centrepiece with Multicolored Leaves, Borek Sipek for Driade
By B. Sipek, Driade
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Joyful blown glass centrepiece with coloured leaves decoration. Here is a baroque fantasy signed by Borek Sipek.
Borek Sipek (1949-2016) studied interior design at the school for Arts & Crafts in Prague from 1964-1968. He went to Germany to study architecture at the Kunsthochschule in Hamburg. He also studied aesthetics and philosophy. In 1983, he moved to the Netherlands and set up the design office that provided a base for his subsequent explorations of oriental and occidental Arts & Crafts. His fateful encounter with Driade resulted in furniture and objects. The ideas eventually found their way into the Eidos, Malastrana and Follies Collections. Sipek's systematic revisitations of traditional craft techniques and materials have won several prestigious awards including, the Croix Chevalier Dans L'ordre Des Arts Et Des Lettres from the French Government in 1991. In 1993, he won the Prins Bernard Fons Prize for architecture and arts. Sipek has an international reputation as an imaginative and versatile artist. He was appointed Prague castle architect by Czech president, Vaclav Havel. He worked from 1992-1996 on architectural detailing and other features of Joze Plecnik...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Driade Furniture
Materials
Glass
"Zigzag" Black or White Painted Steel Low Bookcase by Konstantin Grcic, Driade
By Driade, Konstantin Grcic
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Zigzag" is a low bookcase, designed by Konstantin Grcic and manufactured by Driade, featuring structure and shelves in steel finished with epoxy paint in white or black colors. Book...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Driade Furniture
Materials
Steel
"Leeon" Velvet Covered Daybed by Ludovica and Roberto Palomba for Driade
By Ludovica + Roberto Palomba 1, Driade
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Leeon" is an elegant daybed, designed by Ludovica and Roberto Palomba and manufactured by Driade, featuring a back in flexible cold-cured polyurethane foam working with metal inserts, seat with elastic straps and structure in painted steel and wood, padding in polyurethane foam and painted aluminum legs in black or white colors. Available in a sampler of fabric or leather fixed covers. Indoor use only.
DIMENSIONS:
D. 68.1", W. 35.4", H. 31.8", Seat H. 16.1"
Ludovica and Roberto Palomba propose a collection of upholstered pieces of design recalling some distinctive features of aesthetics coming from the late 80s, such as the die-cast aluminum pointy supports (elegantly painted in this case) and the checkerboard motif of the upholstery.
The result is a refined project, complete with different pieces of design such as sofa, daybed, bench and bed, and meant to be used both in private and public spaces.
LUDOVICA and ROBERTO PALOMBA, architects, work and live in Milan. They founded Palomba Serafini Associati in 1994. They received many international awards such as Compasso D'Oro, Elle Decoration International Design Award, Red Dot, Design Plus, Good Design Award, German Design Award.
Ludovica and Roberto Palomba plan architectures and design exhibitions worldwide. They work and are art director for some of the most established brands such as Antolini, Bisazza, Boffi, Brix, Cappellini, Dornbracht, Driade, Elica, Elmar, Exteta, Fiam, Flaminia, Foscarini, KitchenAid, Kos, Laufen, Lema, Plank, Poltrona Frau, Rapsel, Redaelli, Salviati, Sawaya & Moroni, Samsung, Schiffini, Tubes, Valli&Valli, Viccarbe, When Objects Work...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Driade Furniture
Materials
Metal, Aluminum, Steel
"King Costes" Curved Mahogany Plywood Armchair by Philippe Stark for Driade
By Driade, Philippe Starck
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"King Costes" is an iconic armchair, designed by Philippe Starck and manufactured by Driade, featuring a polished aluminum structure and curved plywood mah...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Driade Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
"King Costes" Curved Bamboo or Striped Wenge Armchair by P. Stark for Driade
By Philippe Starck, Driade
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"King Costes" is an iconic armchair, designed by Philippe Starck and manufactured by Driade, featuring a polished aluminum structure and curved plywood striped wenge or bamboo finished shell. Polyurethane foams padded seat with black or light colored leather fixed cover.
Indoor use only.
DIMENSIONS:
D. 22", W. 19.8", H. 31.8", Seat H. 18.5"
Philippe Starck revisits Costes easy chair project with King Costes armchair, changing its size and statics, while confirming its image as a recognizable piece of design, untouched by passing fads.
PHILIPPE STARCK is an internationally acclaimed French creator, designer and architect. His profound comprehension of contemporary mutations, his determination to change the world, his anticipatory concern for environmental implications, his love of ideas, his desire to defend the intelligence of usefulness and the usefulness of intelligence have accompanied one iconic creation after the other.
From everyday products such as furniture and lemon squeezers to revolutionary mega-yachts, individual windmills, electric bikes...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Driade Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
Victor Clear and Violet Blown Glass Water Jug by Borek Sipek for Driade
By B. Sipek, Driade
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Borek Sipek invites us to visit a world similar to the circus and Italian opera. The characters are all there, from the decanters, similar to a clown cap, to the jugs with skirt and...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Driade Furniture
Materials
Blown Glass
Italic Lace Petal Placemat in White by Galante & Lancman for Driade
By Maurizio Galante and Tal Lancman, Driade
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The city of Siena in 1440 birthed the original lace items that provided the inspiration for a range of table accessories. Back then they were made with a crochet hook...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Driade Furniture
Materials
Brass
Vibert II Candleholder in Burnished Brass with Glass Funnel by Lluis Clotet
By Driade, Lluis Clotet
Located in Brooklyn, NY
These candleholders come in two different sizes and shapes, a phial and a bell, that symbolize a hurricane by Lluìs Clotet. It’s perfect for outdoor windy summer evenings.
Lluis Clo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Driade Furniture
Materials
Brass
"Meridiana" Polycarbonate and Steel Swivel High Stool by C. Pillet for Driade
By Driade, Christophe Pillet
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Meridiana" is an iconic swivel high stool, designed by Christophe Pillet and manufactured by Driade, with chromed or matte black painted steel struc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Driade Furniture
Materials
Steel
"Meridiana" Polycarbonate and Steel Swivel Low Stool by C. Pillet for Driade
By Driade, Christophe Pillet
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Meridiana" is an iconic swivel low stool, designed by Christophe Pillet and manufactured by Driade, with chromed or matte black painted steel structure and...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Driade Furniture
Materials
Steel
"Meridiana" Polycarbonate and Steel Chair Designed by C. Pillet for Driade
By Driade, Christophe Pillet
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Meridiana" is an iconic chair, designed by Christophe Pillet and manufactured by Driade, with a chromed or matte black painted steel structure and with a shell in polycarbonate in w...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Driade Furniture
Materials
Steel
"Meridiana" Polycarbonate and Steel Chair Designed by C. Pillet for Driade
By Driade, Christophe Pillet
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Meridiana" is an iconic chair, designed by Christophe Pillet and manufactured by Driade, with a chromed or matte black painted steel structure and with a shell in polycarbonate in w...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Driade Furniture
Materials
Steel
"Costes" Curved Mahogany or Grey Oak Plywood Armchair by P. Stark for Driade
By Philippe Starck, Driade
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Costes" is an iconic armchair, designed by Philippe Starck and manufactured by Driade, with a black painted tubular steel structure and curved mahogany, ebonized mahogany or gray oa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Driade Furniture
Materials
Steel
"Mingx" Leather and Steel Armchair Designed by Konstantin Grcic for Driade
By Driade, Konstantin Grcic
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Mingx" is an armchair, designed by Konstantin Grcic and manufactured by Driade, with structure in printed steel sheet and rod with polyester painted in orange, light gray, bronze or...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Driade Furniture
Materials
Steel
"Sof Sof" Outdoor Fabric Steel Rod Chair Designed by Enzo Mari for Driade
By Driade, Enzo Mari
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Sof Sof" is an iconic chair, designed by Enzo Mari and manufactured by Driade, featuring a structure made of steel rod with protective cataphoresis treatment ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Driade Furniture
Materials
Steel
"Costes" Curved Striped Wenge or Bamboo Plywood Armchair by P. Starck for Driade
By Philippe Starck, Driade
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Costes" is an iconic armchair with a black painted tubular steel structure and curved striped wenge or bamboo plywood finished shell. Polyurethane foams padded seat with black or li...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Driade Furniture
Materials
Steel
"PIP-e" Colored Stackable Armchair Designed by Philippe Starck for Driade
By Driade, Philippe Starck
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"PIP-e" is a stackable armchair, designed by Philippe Starck and manufactured by Driade, in polypropylene monobloc available in carnation, lavender gray, white or dark gray colors. I...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Driade Furniture
Materials
Plastic
"Nemo" Denim Colored Head-Armchair Designed by Fabio Novembre for Driade, 2017
By Fabio Novembre, Driade
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Nemo" is an iconic polyethylene monobloc head-armchair available in denim color, made by rotational molding.
Fixed (indoor and outdoor use) or swivel (indoor use only) versions available.
DIMENSIONS:
D. 32.6", W. 35.4", H. 53.1", Seat H. 16.1"
FABIO NOVEMBRE uses furniture design to tell intense and fascinating stories in which the protagonist is often the human figure. This human figure is capable of becoming abstract and universal, able to propose a mythical beauty as occurred in Greek art. So that Nemo, a face with classic features, is hollowed out to create an inhabitable space. The result is a head-armchair to be lived from the inside. Like a mask, it simultaneously conceals and reveals its inhabitant.
Fabio Novembre said about Nemo:
"In 2010 it happened that the name "Nemo" immediately evoked the famous little fish, protagonist of the movie of the same name, made by Pixar in 2003.
If this question had been asked at the end of the nineteenth century, the answer would have probably been Captain Nemo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Driade Furniture
Materials
Acrylic
"Torquemada" Carved Brushed Oak or Lacquered Beech Armchair by P. Starck, Driade
By Driade, Philippe Starck
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Torquemada" is an armchair, designed by Philippe Starck and manufactured by Driade, with a structure available in the following versions: brushed oak, brushed oak with carved backrest and seat or in matt lacquered textured beech in white, gray, yellow, lavender gray or carnation colors.
Backrest element support is in polished or mirror finished cast aluminum. Indoor use only.
DIMENSIONS:
D. 18.8", W. 21.2", H. 30.5", Seat H. 18.3"
Although these pieces of design seem apparently imperfect and unique, the collection is composed of a table and a set of seats: a chair, an armchair and a stool. The latter feature two handcuffs in mirror-polished stainless steel, a detail that is as structural as well as decorative and ironically reminiscent of the imagery coming from the ancient Inquisition and its infamous and fearsome prosecutor. A link that regards the concept as well as the project and explains where the name of this collection comes from. Each piece is also available in a more precious version, in gouged oak...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Driade Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
"Torquemada" Carved Brushed Oak or Lacquered Beech Stool by P. Starck for Driade
By Driade, Philippe Starck
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Torquemada" is a stool, designed by Philippe Starck and manufactured by Driade, with a structure available in the following versions: brushed oak, brushed oak with carved backrest and seat or in matt lacquered textured beech in white, gray, yellow, lavender gray, or carnation colors. Backrest element support is in polished or mirror finished cast aluminum. Indoor use only.
DIMENSIONS:
D. 18.8", W. 16.1", H. 40.5", Seat H. 28.7"
Although these pieces of design seem apparently imperfect and unique, the collection is composed of a table and a set of seats: a chair, an armchair and a stool. The latter feature two handcuffs in mirror-polished stainless steel, a detail that is as structural as well as decorative and ironically reminiscent of the imagery coming from the ancient Inquisition and its infamous and fearsome prosecutor. A link that regards the concept as well as the project and explains where the name of this collection comes from. Each piece is also available in a more precious version, in gouged oak...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Driade Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
Francesca Large Clear and Red Glass Vase by Borek Sipek for Driade
By B. Sipek, Driade
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Four well managed “weddings” between different colors and materials: glass and porcelain, glass white and red. The union is sealed and divorce is not expected.
Borek Sipek (1949-201...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Driade Furniture
Materials
Glass
Adelaide XI Dinner Set by Xie Dong for Driade
By Xie Dong, Driade
Located in Brooklyn, NY
As she experimented with different materials, and due to a special technique, Xie Dong has mandaged to ruffle, and almost pleat, ceramics. She's a true artist, able to translate a de...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Driade Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Paolo Set of Two Glass Cruets with Red Glass Top by Borek Sipek for Driade
By B. Sipek, Driade
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Borek Sipek transforms an everyday tool into a rich ornament. Paolo is a set of cruets characterized by a sinuous Silhouette and a vigorous touch of color.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Driade Furniture
Materials
Blown Glass
Italic Lace Petal Placemat in Brass by Galante & Lancman for Driade
By Maurizio Galante and Tal Lancman, Driade
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The city of Siena in 1440 birthed the original lace items that provided the inspiration for a range of table accessories. Back then they were made with a crochet hook, now they are made using photogravure. They give a modern twist to an ancient version a memory and style soundly based in the traditions of this part of Italy. This gave rise to “Italic Lace”, a collection of refined placemats and coasters, designed for those who love to dress the table with elegance that is never casual. The finishes include shiny brass, glossy black, red and classical white.
In 2003, designer, Maurizio Galante, teamed up with trend forecast analyst and designer Tal Lancman, to form Interware. Their crossover vision transverses the different design disciplines, from fashion to furniture, interiors, architecture and gardening. As the duo moves freely between disciplines, they revisit domains equipped with new understandings, insights and observations. The process results in a multifaceted concept, with a subtle balance between the pragmatic and the irrational. Interware’s philosophy proposes a series of objects/companions; expressive, amusing, and thought-provoking designs, bestowing owners with their friendly presence. The team works on all elements of design and production, from trend research, to marketing, including definition of brand image, strategy, communication, packaging, and presentation. Clients and collaborations include American Express, Baccarat, Boffi Italia, Baleri, Chopard, Driade, Elipson, Felissimo Japan, Itochu Japan, Nokia, Nymphenburg, Pommery, Tai Ping...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Driade Furniture
Materials
Brass
100 Piazze Torino Piazza S. Carlo Silver Plated Tray by Fabio Novembre for Driad
By Driade, Fabio Novembre
Located in Brooklyn, NY
In this collection, the most famous squares in Italy and the monuments that surround them come alive in centrepieces designed by Fabio Novembre: like from Turin to Lucca, and from Fl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Driade Furniture
Materials
Brass
Florian II Medium Red Glass Vase by Borek Sipek for Driade
By B. Sipek, Driade
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A vase with a jeweled crown and an unusual orange-red color, by Borek Sipek.
Borek Sipek (1949-2016). After studying interior design at the school for A...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Driade Furniture
Materials
Glass
"King Costes" Curved Grey Oak Plywood Armchair by Philippe Stark for Driade
By Philippe Starck, Driade
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"King Costes" is an iconic armchair, designed by Philippe Starck and manufactured by Driade, featuring a polished aluminum structure and curved plywood grey oak finished shell. Polyurethane foams padded seat with black or light colored leather...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Driade Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
"Torquemada" Matt Lacquered Textured Beech Chair by Philippe Starck for Driade
By Philippe Starck, Driade
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Torquemada" is a chair, designed by Philippe Starck and manufactured by Driade, with a structure in matt lacquered textured beech available, as Philippe Starck himself revealed in a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Driade Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
"Mingx" Leather and Steel Armchair Designed by Konstantin Grcic for Driade
By Driade, Konstantin Grcic
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Mingx" is an armchair, designed by Konstantin Grcic and manufactured by Driade, with a structure in printed steel sheet and rod with polyester painted in orange, light gray, bronze ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Driade Furniture
Materials
Steel
"Fratello" Low Tempered Glass Double-Top Table Designed by Enzo Mari for Driade
By Enzo Mari, Driade
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Fratello" is a low double-top table, designed by Enzo Mari and manufactured by Driade, with a black anthracite painted steel sections structure braced through a solid beechwood beam...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Driade Furniture
Materials
Steel
"Blocco" Fuchsia or Blue Faux Fur Pouf Designed by Nanda Vigo for Driade
By Driade, Nanda Vigo
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Blocco" is a pouf, designed by Nanda Vigo and manufactured by Driade, with wooden frame and padding in polyurethane foam of varying density. Upholstery in fuchsia or blue faux fur.
Indoor use only.
DIMENSIONS:
D. 19.2", W. 17.3", H. 22.8", Seat H. 14.1"
The "Blocco" seat / pouf, designed with such purpose in 1970, has got now a fresh re-edition with the same function but with a more joyful spirit by offering colorful covers. Have a nice seat!
Nanda Vigo said about "Blocco":
"Many elements called “furniture” are needed that actually remain “fixed”, once set, to the well-being. I've always rejected the tendency to overload space; therefore I have always worked to the limit of need."
NANDA VIGO, born in Milan in 1936, lives in East Africa and works in Milan. She showed an interest in art at a very early age, when she had the opportunity to spend time with Filippo de Pisis, a family friend, and to study the architecture of Giuseppe Terragni, in which she immediately noticed the subtle employment of natural light. She studied architecture at the Ecole Polytechnique in Lausanne, worked as an intern in San Francisco, then returned to Italy where she opened her own studio in Milan.
The underlying characteristic of the work has always been the relationship between light and space, which she has developed in a series of “environments” that blend architecture and design. In 1959 she began to visit the studio of Lucio Fontana and got to know that artists who founded the Azimut Gallery in Milan: Piero Manzoni, Enrico Castellani and Vincenzo Agnetti. During that period, she developed relations with the artists of the Zero group in Germany, the Netherlands and France, as a result of which her work was shown in more than 400 solo and group exhibitions throughout Europe.
Between 1964 and 1966 she participated in some thirteen Zero exhibitions, including “Nul 65” at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, and “Zero: An Exhibition of European Experimental Art” at the Modern Art Gallery in Washington D.C.. She was the curator of the legendary exhibition “Zero avantgarde” in 1965 in Fontana’s studio in Milan, at which some 28 artists were represented. In 1964 she created Utopie with Lucio Fontana for the Triennale. Again at the Triennale, in 1973 she organized a performance at which architects and artists freely intervened: it's considered to have been the first happening at the event.
In 1974 she received the New York Award for the Industrial Design for the Golden Gate lamp...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Driade Furniture
Materials
Foam, Wood, Faux Fur
"Mingx" Outdoor Steel High or Low Stool with Back by Konstantin Grcic for Driade
By Driade, Konstantin Grcic
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Mingx" is an outdoor high or low stool with back. Structure in printed steel sheet and rod with protective cataphoresis treatment polyester painted in orange, light gray, bronze and...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Driade Furniture
Materials
Steel
"Lou Eat" Leather Dining Chair Designed by Philippe Starck for Driade
By Driade, Philippe Starck
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Lou Eat" is a dining chair, designed by Philippe Starck with Dai Sugasawa and manufactured by Driade, with a compact high density polyurethane structure reinforced by a metal insert. Leather cover.
Indoor use only.
DIMENSIONS:
D. 23.2", W. 22.8", H. 31.8", Seat H. 17.7"
Philippe Starck said about "Lou Eat":
“Lou Eat is not a chair, it's an animal-like sculpture that could eat you.”
"Lou Eat" and "Lou Think", along with "Lou Read...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Driade Furniture
Materials
Metal
Greeky Medium White Vase by Analogia Project for Driade
By Analogia Project, Driade
Located in Brooklyn, NY
With ironic sophistication, the Greeky collection offers a modern interpretation of ancient Greek pottery that, by tradition, narrates the epic g...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Driade Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Kachnar Silvered Brass Leaf Centrepiece by Mann Singh for Driade
By Mann Singh, Driade
Located in Brooklyn, NY
An arrangement of flowers or leaves tied together with a collection of small branches. These are the precious, bowl-shaped, centerpieces created by Mann Singh in silver-plated brass....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Driade Furniture
Materials
Brass
Pierre Small Red and Glass Vase by Borek Sipek for Driade
By B. Sipek, Driade
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The vase by Borek Sipek has leaves, shoots, thorns and twigs clinging on their surface. A whole world of fantasy stolen from the world of plants.
Borek Sipek (1949-2016) studied int...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Driade Furniture
Materials
Glass
Prounier Glass Centrepiece with Multicolored Flower Detail, Borek Sipek for Dria
By B. Sipek, Driade
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Joyful blown glass centrepiece with colored flowers decoration.
Borek Sipek (1949-2016) studied interior design at the school for Arts & Crafts in Prague from 1964-1968. He went to Germany to study architecture at the Kunsthochschule in Hamburg. He also studied aesthetics and philosophy. In 1983, he moved to the Netherlands and set up the design office that provided a base for his subsequent explorations of oriental and occidental Arts & Crafts. His fateful encounter with Driade resulted in furniture and objects. The ideas eventually found their way into the Eidos, Malastrana and Follies Collections. Sipek's systematic revisitations of traditional Craft techniques and materials have won several prestigious awards including, the Croix Chevalier Dans L'ordre Des Arts Et Des Lettres from the French Government in 1991. In 1993, he won the Prins Bernard Fons Prize for architecture and arts. Sipek has an international reputation as an imaginative and versatile artist. He was appointed Prague castle architect by Czech president, Vaclav Havel. He worked from 1992-1996 on architectural detailing and other features of Joze...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Driade Furniture
Materials
Glass
Norma Lamp Designed by Borek Sipek for Driade
By B. Sipek, Driade
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Norma lamp by Borek Sipek for Driade.
Suspension lamp. Brass structure with gilded leaves and transparent blown glass elements. Works with a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Driade Furniture
Materials
Blown Glass
"Edward II" Double Canopy Bed Designed by Antonia Astori for Driade
By Driade, Antonia Astori
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Edward II" is a double canopy bed, designed by Antonia Astori and manufactured by Driade, featuring a satin finished stainless steel and wooden stru...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Driade Furniture
Materials
Stainless Steel
"Leeon" Leather Bench Designed by Ludovica and Roberto Palomba for Driade
By Driade, Ludovica + Roberto Palomba 1
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Leeon" is an elegant bench, designed by Ludovica and Roberto Palomba and manufactured by Driade, featuring a seat with elastic straps and...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Driade Furniture
Materials
Aluminum, Steel
"Monseigneur" Quilted Leather Armchair Designed by Philippe Starck for Driade
By Driade, Philippe Starck
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Monseigneur" is an iconic armchair, designed by Philippe Starck and manufactured by Driade, featuring a padded quilted leather structure, with stainless cast steel front legs and ar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Driade Furniture
Materials
Stainless Steel
"Kissi Kissi" Colored Polyethylene Table Designed by Miki Astori for Driade
By Miki Astori, Driade
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Kissi Kissi" is a table or coffee table, designed by Miki Astori and manufactured by Driade, with polyethylene structure and top, available in white, anthracite black, red or blue c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Driade Furniture
Materials
Plastic
"Meridiana" Leather and Aluminum Armchair Designed by C. Pillet for Driade
By Driade, Christophe Pillet
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Meridiana" is an iconic armchair, designed by Christophe Pillet and manufactured by Driade, on rubber feet or soft castors, with polished die-casting aluminum...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Driade Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
"Meran" Armchair Designed by Matteo Thun and Antonio Rodriguez for Driade
By Driade, Matteo Thun and Antonio Rodriguez
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Meran" is an elegant armchair, designed by Matteo Thun and Antonio Rodriguez and manufactured by Driade, with ebonized beechwood legs and polyurethane foams padded wooden structure,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Driade Furniture
Materials
Leather, Fabric, Foam, Wood, Beech
"Mak" Solid Wood and Ebonized Shelves Castored Table by G. Chigiotti for Driade
By Driade, Giuseppe Chigiotti
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Mak" is a castored table, designed by Giuseppe Chigiotti and manufactured by Driade, with solid wood structure and wooden conglomerate shelves ebonized finis...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Driade Furniture
Materials
Wood
Cruise Wine Cooler in Silver Plated Brass by Xavier Lust for Driade
By Xavier Lust, Driade
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Xavier Lust loves bright materials for the table settings. Cruise, the elegant wine cooler, is in silver plated brass.
Xavier Lust was born in Bruges, Belgium in 1969. Beginning ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Driade Furniture
Materials
Brass
Driade furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
Driade furniture are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of metal and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Driade furniture, although gray editions of this piece are particularly popular. We have 87 vintage editions of these items in-stock, while there is 603 modern edition to choose from as well. Many of the original furniture by Driade were created in the modern style in europe during the 21st century and contemporary. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider furniture by Paola Navone, Gervasoni, and Cappellini. Prices for Driade furniture can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $70 and can go as high as $36,000, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $2,325.