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
1985 Rare Postmodern Porcelain & Silver Teapot by Borek Sipek for Driade
By B. Sipek, Driade
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful and very rare very collectible porcelain and silver teapot coffee carafe designed by Borek Sipek for Driade excellent condition beautiful patina never used.
Category
20th Century Italian Post-Modern Driade Furniture
Materials
Silver
Philippe Starck for Aleph Driade Ed Archer leather Dining Chairs set of 8
By Philippe Starck, Driade
Located in Saarbrücken, SL
Rare set of 8 Philippe Starck Aleph Driade Leather Chairs - Ed Archer
This version has the bound leather underneath and is known for its better quality in...
Category
1980s German Post-Modern Vintage Driade Furniture
Materials
Metal, Aluminum, Steel
Ross Lovegrove Bluebelle chair Y2K style design space age
By Driade, Ross Lovegrove
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
White and transparent combination chair. Ross Lovegrove designed it in 1996 for Driade.
This chair is a chair that Ross Lovegrove redesigned from George Nelson's DAF chair. Highly ...
Category
1990s Italian Modern Driade Furniture
Materials
Steel
Enzo Mari NOS The Box chair in blue for Aleph Atlantide Driade 1995
By Enzo Mari, Driade
Located in Skokie, IL
Enzo Mari NOS model "Box chair" in blue manufactured by Aleph Atlantide (Driade), Italy, 1995
The Enzo Mari NOS model "The Box" chair, manufactured by Aleph Atlantide (Driade) in It...
Category
1990s Italian Post-Modern Driade Furniture
Materials
Steel
Philippe Starck Aleph Ubik Sarapis Counter Stools for Driade
By Philippe Starck, Driade
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A set of 2 Driade steel Serapis stools designed Philippe Starck for his design firm Aleph Ubik. These are in very good overall condition with some minor paint loss on the foot rests,...
Category
20th Century French Driade Furniture
Materials
Steel
Roly Poly Armchair in White by Faye Toogood with Casentino cushions
By Driade, Faye Toogood
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Duplex launches DUPLEX X CASENTINO. The iconic Roly Poly armchair designed by Faye Toogood and manufactured by Driade, with the exclusive cushions i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Driade Furniture
Materials
Wool, Plastic
Roly Poly Armchair in Pink by Faye Toogood with Casentino cushions
By Faye Toogood, Driade
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Duplex launches DUPLEX X CASENTINO. The iconic Roly Poly armchair designed by Faye Toogood and manufactured by Driade, with the exclusive cushions in the ancient Casentino cloth from...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Driade Furniture
Materials
Wool, Plastic
"Blocco" Fuchsia or Blue Faux Fur Pouf Designed by Nanda Vigo for Driade
By Nanda Vigo, Driade
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
Faux Fur, Foam, Wood
Roly Poly Armchair in Yellow by Faye Toogood with Casentino cushions
By Faye Toogood, Driade
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Duplex launches DUPLEX X CASENTINO. The iconic Roly Poly armchair designed by Faye Toogood and manufactured by Driade, with the exclusive cushions i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Driade Furniture
Materials
Wool, Plastic
"Leeon" Leather Double Bed Designed by Ludovica and Roberto Palomba for Driade
By Ludovica + Roberto Palomba 1, Driade
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Leeon" is an elegant double bed, designed by Ludovica and Roberto Palomba and manufactured by Driade, featuring a headboard in flexible cold-cured polyurethane foam working with met...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Driade Furniture
Materials
Metal, Aluminum, Steel
"Ed Archer" Leather and Polished Aluminum Chair by Philippe Starck for Driade
By Philippe Starck, Driade
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Ed Archer" is an iconic chair with tubular steel shell with spring units and polished casting aluminum rear leg.
Fixed leather cover in two different versio...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Driade Furniture
Materials
Steel, Aluminum
"Nemo" Colored Head-Armchair Designed by Fabio Novembre for Driade, 2017
By Driade, Fabio Novembre
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
20th Century Italian Driade Pair of Jansky Walnut Side Chairs by Borek Sipek
By B. Sipek, Driade
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A dark-brown, vintage late Mid-Century Modern Italian pair of Jansky side chairs made of handcrafted Walnut, designed by Borek Sipek and produced by Driade, in good condition. The sc...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Driade Furniture
Materials
Metal
Roly Poly Armchair in Black by Faye Toogood with Casentino cushions
By Faye Toogood, Driade
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Duplex launches DUPLEX X CASENTINO. The iconic Roly Poly armchair designed by Faye Toogood and manufactured by Driade, with the exclusive cushions i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Driade Furniture
Materials
Wool, Plastic
"Soft Egg" Stackable Monobloc Armchair Designed by Philippe Starck for Driade
By Philippe Starck, Driade
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Soft Egg" is a polypropylene monobloc armchair, designed by Philippe Starck and manufactured by Driade, available in white, carnation, dark gray or gray colo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Driade Furniture
"Ping I" Polished Aluminum Catchall Designed by Giuseppe Chigiotti for Driade
By Giuseppe Chigiotti, Driade
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Ping I" is a polished aluminum holder or catchall, designed by Giuseppe Chigiotti and manufactured by Driade.
Available in quick ship.
Indoor use only.
DIMENSIONS:
Ø 8.8", H. 19.6"
In the past houses used to be full of many helpful and small objects, for putting ashes rather than for sewing, for serving purposes rather than for display: they punctuated dwelling places. Giuseppe Chigiotti, by designing “Ping”, thinks back to those times now passed and creates a small serving furniture item, designed in two versions: "Ping I", featuring the function of generic holder or catchall, and "Ping II...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Driade Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
"Ping II" Polished Aluminum Small Table by Giuseppe Chigiotti for Driade
By Giuseppe Chigiotti, Driade
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Ping II" is a polished aluminum small table, designed by Giuseppe Chigiotti and manufactured by Driade.
Available in quick ship.
Indoor use only.
DIMENSIONS...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Driade Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
Philippe Starck Pratfall Lounge Chair
By Philippe Starck, Driade
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Philippe Starck 3 Legged Leather and Cherry Pratfall Lounge Chair. Harder model to find in the Lounge Chair Model. Black leather seat Cushion in nice shape and chair has a relaxed ...
Category
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Driade Furniture
Materials
Metal
Roly Poly Polyethylene Armchair with Cushions, 1stdibs Gallery Showroom Sample
By Driade, Faye Toogood
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The distinctive, reassuringly chunky lines of Faye Toogood’s Roly-Poly furniture collection become even more inviting in her new collaboration with Driade. The latest line for the It...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Driade Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Plastic
"Hanahana" Polished Steel Flower Stand Designed by Kazuyo Sejima for Driade
By Driade, Kazuyo Sejima
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Hanahana" is an iconic flower Stand, designed by Kazuyo Sejima and manufactured by Driade, featuring a mirror polished stainless steel structure and bas...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Driade Furniture
Materials
Stainless Steel
Soiree Chair with Stitch Detail in Red by Oscar and Gabriele Buratti for Driade
By Driade, Oscar e Gabriele Buratti
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The theme of the classic, soft, fabric-covered, padded chair made of a single material is interpreted here in an exceptionally elegant, accurately finished design. Whether dressed in...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Driade Furniture
Materials
Metal
"Liba" Rattan Covered Natural Cane Armchair Designed by Borek Sipek for Driade
By B. Sipek, Driade
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Liba", designed by Borek Sipek and manufactured by Driade, is a rattan covered natural red and black cane seat and back with solid ebonized wooden front ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Driade Furniture
Materials
Cane, Rattan, Wood
Simon Large Silver Plated Seven-Branched Candleholder by Borek Sipek for Driade
By B. Sipek, Driade
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The seven branches of the candleholder by Borek Sipek design are pushing up with sinuous curves, as if they were shoots of a wild plant.
Borek Sipek (1949-2016) studied interior des...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Driade Furniture
Materials
Silver
Roly Poly Polyethylene Armchair in Red Brick with Cushions by Faye Toogood
By Faye Toogood, Driade
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The distinctive, reassuringly chunky lines of Faye Toogood’s Roly-Poly furniture collection become even more inviting in her new collaboration with Driade. The latest line for the It...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Driade Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Plastic
"Cugino" Tempered Glass and Painted Steel Dining Table by Enzo Mari for Driade
By Driade, Enzo Mari
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Cugino" is a dining table, designed by Enzo Mari and manufactured by Driade, featuring a black anthracite painted steel sections structure with round or square tempered glass th. 0....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Driade Furniture
Materials
Steel
"Ten" Fabric or Leather Armchair Designed by Naoto Fukasawa for Driade
By Naoto Fukasawa, Driade
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Ten" is an elegant armchair, designed by Naoto Fukasawa and manufactured by Driade, with structure in flexible polyurethane foam and metal insert.
Feet in solid mahogany wood or ebo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Driade Furniture
Materials
Metal
Waterfall Contemporary Glossy White Lacquer Coffee Table by Driade
By Driade
Located in Chicago, IL
Even a coffee table can become a piece of art if it can stand regardless of the typological limitations. Fredrikson Stallard address the issue with the strength of the material to be...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Driade Furniture
Materials
Lacquer
"Mingx" Leather and Steel Armchair Designed by Konstantin Grcic for Driade
By Konstantin Grcic, Driade
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 black colors. Feet in ABS. Leather seat.
Indoor use only.
DIMENSIONS:
D. 23.2", W. 27.1", H. 29.5", Seat H. 17.3"
The design of the Mingx collection has reference to the same tubular profile that also inspired the ZigZag...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Driade Furniture
Materials
Steel
"Gazelle" Black or White Finished Dining Table by Park Associati for Driade
By Driade, Park Associati
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Gazelle" is a dining table, designed by Park Associati and manufactured by Driade, with a painted tubular steel structure, available in four different colors: black, white, red and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Driade Furniture
Materials
Cement, 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
"Acate" Brass Little Tree-like Coat Hanger Designed by Borek Sipek for Driade
By B. Sipek, Driade
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Acate" is an iconic coat hanger, designed by Borek Sipek and manufactured by Driade, featuring a matte brass structure with polished brass leaves.
Indoor use only.
DIMENSIONS:
D. 1...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Driade Furniture
Materials
Brass
Fabio Novembre Driade "Venus" Bookcase in Natural Oak, Designed 2017
By Fabio Novembre, Driade
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The "Venus" bookcase designed by Fabio Novembre and manufactured by Driade. The structure is made of oak veneer while the statue consists of marble powder mixed with resin. Novembre draws his inspiration from the wooden crates used...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Driade Furniture
Materials
Marble
Roly Poly Armchair in Peat by Faye Toogood for Driade
By Driade, Faye Toogood
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The distinctive, reassuringly chunky lines of Faye Toogood’s Roly-Poly furniture collection become even more inviting in her new collaboration with Driade. The latest line for the It...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Driade Furniture
Materials
Plastic
Tottori Armchair by Kateryna Sokolova for Driade
By Kateryna Sokolova, Driade
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Tottori is a seating and coffee tables collection with timeless shapes, cute silhouette and bold character. Called after the Japanese animation film “My Neighbor Totoro”, written and...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Driade Furniture
Materials
Leather, Fabric
$3,449 / item
Rare Pair Philippe Starck for Driade Pratfall Lounge Chairs Black Leather & Oak
By Philippe Starck, Driade
Located in Philadelphia, PA
These wonderful chairs were designed by Philippe Starck for Italian manufacturer Driade and were built in the 1980s. Not many of these ever made it to the US, and very few were produ...
Category
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Driade Furniture
Materials
Metal, Steel
"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
In Stock Roly Poly Armchair Ochre by Driade, Faye Toogood
By Driade
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Shapely and utterly comfortable, the distinctive Roly Poly Armchair by Driade is a well rounded lounge chair with a graceful, bowl-like seat up top and four solid legs beneath. It's ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Driade Furniture
Materials
Plastic
$573 Sale Price / item
40% Off
Set of Four Mid-Century Modern Dining Chairs by Philippe Starck for Driade
By Philippe Starck, Driade
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Set of four 1980s "Costes" dining-chairs designed by Philippe Starck and made in Italy by Driade. The feature cherry barrel plywood shells with black...
Category
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Driade Furniture
Materials
Metal
Fredrikson Stallard Camouflage Outdoor Small Coffee Table in Laser Fretwork 2017
By Driade, Fredrikson Stallard
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Camouflage is an outdoor collection that includes a high and low armchair, a table and small table, all made of aluminum. In these sculptured elements the geometrical design of the s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Driade Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
Italic Lace Round Placemat in Brass by Galante & Lancman for Driade
By Driade, Maurizio Galante and Tal Lancman
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 multi-faceted 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
Beautiful Wicker Lounge Chairs by Miki Astori for Driade, 1990
By Driade, Miki Astori
Located in Berlin, DE
Two “King Tubby” Armchairs by Miki Astori for Driade, 1990ies
Designer: Miki Astori
Manufacturer: Driade
Model: King Tubby
Material: Wicker (woven) with metal frame
Color: Natural w...
Category
1990s Italian Driade Furniture
Materials
Wicker
"La Rochefoucauld" Postmodern Wool Carpet by Linde Burkhardt for Driade, Italy
By Driade, Linde Burkhardt
Located in Milan, IT
Large squared wool carpet by Linde Burkhardt for Aleph collection, Driade.
Abstract decoration on red background.
Category
Early 2000s Italian Driade Furniture
Materials
Wool
"Mingx" Steel Coffee Table Designed by Konstantin Grcic for Driade
By Konstantin Grcic, Driade
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Mingx" is a coffee table, 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 and black colors. Feet in ABS.
Indoor use only.
DIMENSIONS:
D. 16.5", W. 20", H. 16.5"
The design of the Mingx collection has reference to the same tubular profile that also inspired the ZigZag bookcase...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Driade Furniture
Materials
Steel
Philippe Starck Mickville chair for Driade - Italy, 1985
By Philippe Starck, Driade
Located in London, GB
A design of deceptive simplicity, Starck’s Mickville chair plays a deft trick. A rotating segment in the tubular back enables movement in one leg, thus allowing the circular seat to ...
Category
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Driade Furniture
Materials
Lacquer
"Nemo" Denim Colored Head-Armchair Designed by Fabio Novembre for Driade, 2017
By Driade, Fabio Novembre
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
Italian modern red leather chairs Ed Archer by Philippe Starck for Driade, 1980s
By Driade, Philippe Starck
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern red leather chairs Ed Archer by Philippe Starck for Driade, 1980s
Pair of chairs mod. Ed Archer in red leather. The main structure is shaped to form the backrest, seat...
Category
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Driade Furniture
Materials
Metal
Cugino Dining Table by Enzo Mari for Driade
By Enzo Mari, Driade
Located in Toronto, CA
Enzo Mari’s rigorously bent steel bars counterbalance its light transparencies, provided by its thick glass top.
Designed in 1973, and in production ever since, the Cugino is conside...
Category
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Driade Furniture
Materials
Steel
Luigi i Murano Glass Suspension Pendant Light by Borek Sipek for Driade, Italy
By B. Sipek, Driade
Located in Lisse, NL
Large in size and stunning design, bouquet of flowers and six light chandelier.
This entirely hand-crafted chandelier is another one of our recent statement-piece-finds. This rare a...
Category
1980s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Driade Furniture
Materials
Brass
Philippe Starck Square Mahogany Dining Table M 'Serie Lang' for Driade Aleph
By Driade, Philippe Starck
Located in Hanover, MA
A stealth bomber-like sleek square book-matched ribbon mahogany veneer top dining table over four sharply angled polished cast aluminum legs, each having the signature and manufacturer's mark: Aleph by Starck.
Designed by Philippe Starck in 1987 for Aleph France: a division of Driade, from the limited series Lang...
Category
Late 20th Century French Modern Driade Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
Roly Poly Polyethylene Sofa in Concrete with Cushions by Faye Toogood
By Faye Toogood, Driade
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The distinctive, reassuringly chunky lines of Faye Toogood’s Roly-Poly furniture collection become even more inviting in her new collaboration with Driade. The latest line for the It...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Driade Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Plastic
Italian modern black dining table M by Philippe Starck for Driade Aleph, 1980s
By Philippe Starck, Driade
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern black dining table M by Philippe Starck for Driade Aleph, 1980s
Dining table mod. M rectangular in shape. The top is in glossy...
Category
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Driade Furniture
Materials
Metal
Lola Mundo chair side table by Philippe Starck for Driade
By Philippe Starck, Driade
Located in London, GB
The Lola Mundo chair / side table is distinctive for both its adaptability and for its nod to Louis XV-style with the cabriole legs. With statement cast alu...
Category
Late 20th Century European Post-Modern Driade Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
$2,898 Sale Price
44% Off
Giotto Stoppino Set of Six White Alessia Chairs by Driade 1970s Italy
By Driade, Giotto Stoppino
Located in Montecatini Terme, IT
Set of six Alessia chairs with legs in tubular chromed metal and seats in white ABS, designed by Giotto Stoppino and manufactured by Driade in the 1970s.
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Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Driade Furniture
Materials
Metal
Borek Sipek “Jansky” armchair for Driade Italy, 1980s
By B. Sipek, Driade
Located in Skokie, IL
Borek Sipek “Jansky” armchair for Driade Italy, 1980s
Dimensions: 30 3/4" h x 24" w x 16" d
Condition: Excellent vintage condition.
Category
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Driade Furniture
Materials
Steel
Borek Sipek “Liba” lounge chair for Driade, Italy circa 1988
By Driade, B. Sipek
Located in Skokie, IL
Borek Sipek “Liba” lounge chair for Driade, Italy circa 1988
Dimensions: 22" h x 24" w x 34" d
Condition: Excellent vintage condition.
Category
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Driade Furniture
Materials
Steel
"Blocco" Black Mongolian Fur or Velvet Pouf Designed by Nanda Vigo for Driade
By Nanda Vigo, Driade
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 black Mongolian fur or in Loira velvet.
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
Fur, Velvet, Wood
Philippe Starck Chair Armchair Chair Driade Aleph Model Jack Lang Set of 4
By Philippe Starck, Driade
Located in Munich, Bavaria
These chairs are true Iconic armchairs dining chairs designed by Philippe Starck 1987 for Italian manufacture Driade Aleph.
The Model name is named after the french politician Jack Lang...
Category
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Driade Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
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
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
In Stock Roly Poly Armchair Red Brick By Driade, Faye Toogood
By Driade
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Shapely and utterly comfortable, the distinctive Roly Poly Armchair by Driade is a well rounded lounge chair with a graceful, bowl-like seat up top and four solid legs beneath. It's a statement chair that's considered a classic of contemporary design, and can be found displayed in the permanent collections of many museums worldwide. Designed by Faye Toogood, the Roly Poly collection is the latest line for the Italian design house that's become an instant hit, coveted by both residential and commercial clients alike. The armchair can be augmented with upholstered cushions to create a cozy, scoop-like seat. The collection also features the Roly Poly Sofa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Driade Furniture
Materials
Plastic
$573 Sale Price / item
40% Off
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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.