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K/Wood
K/Wood Basic Veneer by Philippe Starck for Kartell: curved 3D wood shell, chrome-plated steel frame.
690 × 1100 × 680 mm
8.2 kg
Approx. $2,500 (reference price; varies by region and retailer)
Official product information
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Overview
Philippe Starck is the designer of the K/Wood Basic Veneer armchair. The product id is 04915CC, in Light Wood / Chrome.
Construction
It has a curved 3D wood shell and seat on a chrome-plated or painted steel frame. The leaflet speaks of a single fine layer of wood worked in a mold.
Specifications
- Dimensions: 69, 68 and 110 cm, axes not labelled on the drawing
- Weight: 8.2 kg
- Finishes: three shell and frame pairings on the sheet
- Standards: two compliance marks and eleven strength and durability clauses at L2
Story
Smart Wood
Kartell's page presents the piece within the Smart Wood collection, the outcome of its research into giving three dimensional form to a material that had always been two dimensional. The page text goes on to say that patented technology works the wood with a mold.
Wood bent in two directions
The leaflet for the range gives the K/Wood body as curved 3D wood, curved in two directions, horizontally and vertically.
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