Lola Mundo chair by Philippe Starck for Driade, 1986

DESIGNER : Philippe Starck

Producer : Driade

The Lola Mundo model can be used as either a chair or a table. It was designed by Philippe Starck in 1986 and produced by Driade from 1987. The shape of the cast aluminum legs revisits the Louis XV style.

"Why shouldn't the Baroque be so functional? Why shouldn't the functional also be Baroque? "[1]

Bibliography :

COLLIN, Christine, Starck, Liège, Editions Mardaga, 1988, p. 37, 257, 258.

RENAUD, Philippe, Starck mobilier, Marseille, Michel Aveline Editeur, 1987, p. 61, 63.

PHILIPPI, Simone, Starck, Cologne, Taschen, 2000, p. 174, 175, 182. 

Publics collections :

Les Arts Décoratifs : Inv. : 2006.6.1

Musée national d'art moderne / Centre de création industrielle : Inv. : AM 1999-1-152

Musée national d'art moderne / Centre de création industrielle Inv. : AM 2005-1-56

Centre national des arts plastiques/Fonds national d'art contemporain : Inv. : FNAC 02-638

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum : Object ID 68244027

[1] Starck Explications, Paris, Editions du Centre Pompidou, 2003, p. 202.