Emeco Broom Stacking Chair

Emeco began in 1944, using salvaged aluminum to make chairs for the US Navy, a war-time necessity. That became an ongoing direction. Today they use also scrap plastic, keeping it out of oceans and landfills and turning it instead into chairs that last. A planet necessity.

“Begin with what's left over. Turn it into what will last.”

“Subversive, ethical, ecological, political, fun: this is how I see my duty as a creator.” - Philippe Starck.

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 embraces it with the humour that has accompanied his approach since the earliest days.

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. He has always devised objects that demand the most from the least.