249 Volage Ex-s
- Description
- Designer Bio
A sectional sofa, characterised
by a wide array of elements and a timelessly elegant aesthetic, suitable for
any living room space. This sofa features an innovative approach to Cassina’s
state-of-the-art capitonné technique, where the traditional button is replaced
by a concealed inner fastener. This industrial approach was developed by
Philippe Starck and Cassina. The uniform, extra-soft, feel of the back-rest’s
upholstery is achieved by using a pre-formed polyurethane insert. The sofa
features just the one seat cushion; the arm-rest is particularly wide, and both
are feather-filled with an expanded polyurethane core. The precision-perfect
edge-stitching, along with the impeccable leatherwork of the integrated
side-tables, illustrate the meticulous attention to detail that informs
Cassina’s master craftsmanship. The Volage EX-S collection lends itself to
myriad compositions, and is now complemented by the new coordinated low tables,
and a new module size.
| About Designer | |
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Philippe Starck |
“Subversive, ethical,
ecological, political, fun: this is how I see my duty as a creator.” Philippe
Starck. Despite his thousands of projects - completed or in the making -
his global fame and his tireless protean inventiveness, never forget the
essential. Philippe Starck has a mission and a vision: creation, whatever shape
it takes, must make life better for the largest number of people possible.
Starck believes this highly poetic, political, rebellious, benevolent,
pragmatic and subversive duty must be borne by all and he resumes it with the
humour that has accompanied his approach since the earliest days: “No one is
forced to be a genius, but everyone has to take part.” His anticipatory
concern for environmental implications, his profound comprehension of
contemporary mutations, his enthusiasm for imagining new lifestyles, his
determination to change the world, his devotion to a positive reduction, 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, micro wind turbines, electric cars, and hotels that
aspire to be wondrous, stimulating and intensely vibrant places, Starck never
ceases to push the boundaries and criteria of contemporary design. His
technological miracles are vectors of democratic ecology, focused on action and
a respect for the future of both humans and nature. Predicting the phenomena of
convergence and dematerialisation, Philippe Starck has always devised objects
that demand the most from the least. The solutions provided by his dreams are
so vital, so essential that he was the first Frenchman to be invited to the
legendary TED (Technology, Entertainment & Design) conferences, talks that
bring together such illustrious speakers as Bill Clinton and Richard Branson.
Inventor, creator, architect, designer, artistic director...
Philippe Starck is all
of the above, but above all he is a man of honesty, in the purest tradition of
the Renaissance artists. |
