(PRWEB) March 10, 2006 -- Today, Eboniste, The Style Resource announces a literal first. Eboniste.com is the first place where customers can pre-order the Icon Chair by Philippe Starck for Emeco in advance of its formal launch at Milan’s Salone Internazionale del Mobili in April, 2006.
Emeco product launches are notable for collaborations between the world’s most innovative architects and only-in-America manufacturing, to create award-winning design.
In true, formidable style the Icon Chair is made of 100% aluminum, (80% recycled to meet LEED ™ sustainability criteria). The Icon Chair is created by Emeco’s proprietary 77-step manufacturing process wherein Emeco individually forms chairs from soft aluminum. Then, they flush-grind welds and heat-treat the aluminum into sculptural seating that is three-times stronger than steel.
Emeco’s finishing includes hand-buffing and clear-anodizing to accentuate aluminum’s shimmering grain. The final Emeco products emerge fine, hard and beautiful. Unchangingly modern since 1944.
In Mr. Starck’s words the design is “serene, balanced, minimal and coherent”. In our words, the super-sexy new design is a continuing example of Emeco’s and Mr. Starck’s leadership.
The Icon Chair is deceivingly comfortable, stacks beautifully and has a lifetime warrantee. The signature hand-brushed finish is $350 and the super-glam, hand-mirror-polished finish is $770. Eboniste is accepting pre-orders now for late-April delivery.
About Emeco:
Emeco–The Aluminum Chair Company has made over 1,000,000 of its 1944 all-aluminum Navy chairs. The Company collaborates with renowned product designers yearly.
In 2000, Mr. Starck's Hudson chair for Emeco won the GOOD DESIGN Award and was inducted into the permanent design collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. In 2004, Emeco collaborated with Frank Gehry on Superlight, a chair that utilizes aluminum's ability to be both strong and flexible. Mr. Gehry's chair won another GOOD DESIGN award in 2004 and was included in collections at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the Pinakothek der Modern in Munich. Most recently, Emeco worked with BMW DesignworksUSA to re-interpret a long-lost Emeco chair from 1951 for the contemporary market.
www.Emeco.net
Eboniste-The Style Resource, utilizes new media to create one-stop shopping for the creative customer and design enthusiast. The Company features exclusive and hard-to-find products across a growing range to help personalize your emerging home.
Every day, Eboniste thinks about how to keep design out in front while delivering superior value. More, the Company is always improving the products, value and experience it presents while leading the democratization of design.
About Eboniste:
Eboniste is an independent US-based design, manufacture and retail group founded in 2004, which collaborates with artisans worldwide to create products that are unique to it. The Company serves business, design and retail customers via an easy-to-use website
www.Eboniste.com, supported by an experienced team of sales, design and technology professionals.
Eboniste is proud to be an authorized retailer of Visual Comfort Lighting, Emeco-The Aluminum Chair Company, Eric Brand Furniture, Bungalow 5, Ann Gish and our own range of exclusive basics…among others.
The Company name, Eboniste, has a vintage French meaning of master cabinetmaking and is associated with the flourishing of modern design.
Design Philosophy:
Eboniste mixes global design trends and the creative expression of house designers with the unique capabilities of its partners, to make exclusive home products across a growing range of disciplines.
Dedicated production facilities ensure that Eboniste products are made in limited quantities to maintain rarity and uniqueness.
Processes and Materials:
Eboniste executes in authentic artisanal materials and processes wherever possible.
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Photo Credits: Emeco
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