Louis Ghost
Starck's 2002 Louis Ghost for Kartell: a Louis XV chair moulded in one piece of polycarbonate.
540 × 930 × 550 mm
Source: spec sheet PDF — 4852 Louis Ghost, Crystal — published as W 54 × D 55 × H 93 cm
2002
4.8 kg
USD 1,290, Louis Ghost, Crystal (G4852B4), set of 2, kartell.com US shop, 2026-10-14
Description
Overview
Philippe Starck designed Louis Ghost for Kartell in 2002. Kartell's page calls it the world's bravest example of polycarbonate injected in a single mould, inspired by the Louis XV chair and reinterpreted by Starck, stable and strong, collision-proof, weather-resistant and stackable in piles of up to six.
Construction
Code 4852 is Polycarbonate 2.0 from a transparent or mass-dyed renewable raw material; a fire-tested version, code 5853, is in transparent polycarbonate.
Specifications
- Dimensions (code 4852): W 54 cm x D 55 cm x H 93 cm
- Weight: 4.8 kg
Story
The baroque ideotype
Kartell's page presents Louis Ghost as a chair inspired by the Louis XV chair, "the baroque ideotype", reinterpreted by Starck to amaze, inspire and beguile.
A sales record
Kartell's 2014 "15 Years of Transparency" page says Louis Ghost, with more than 1.5 million pieces sold, sets the sales record in design.
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