Pair of Hudson chairs by Philippe Stark

PHILIPPE STARCK (Paris, 1949) for EMECO.
Pair of "Hudson" chairs, 2000.
Recycled aluminum with black finish.
Slight stains of use.
With stamp.
Measurements: 85 x 40 x 54 cm (x2).
First edition of recycled aluminum chairs with black finish. A timeless design in which Starck defined them as a "washed version of the Navy Chair", found in the permanent collection of the MoMa and the Pompidou Center. Designed for the Hudson Hotel in New York, it was the first collaboration between the American company Emeco and Starck.
Starck is the son of André Starck, an aeronautical engineer who has often inspired Philippe's work. He studied at the École Nissim de Camondo in Paris. While working for Adidas, Starck created his first industrial design company, Starck Product, which he later renamed Ubik, after the Philip K. Dick novel, and began working with manufacturers in Italy (Driade), Alessi, Kartell and internationally, including Drimmer in Austria, Vitra in Switzerland and Disform in Spain. In 1983, then French President François Mitterrand, on the recommendation of his Minister of Culture, Jack Lang, chose Starck to renovate the president's private apartments at the Elysée Palace. The following year he designed the Café Costes. Starck's output expanded to include furniture, decoration, architecture, street furniture, industry (wind turbines, photo booths), sanitary ware, kitchens, floor and wall coverings, lighting, household appliances, office equipment such as staplers, utensils, tableware, clothing, accessories, toys, glassware, graphic design and publishing, food, and vehicles for land, sea, air and space.