Design classics get a second life in beautiful reissued pieces
Some of the most sought-after 'new' pieces of furniture were often designed decades ago — and have, with the designer's family or studio, been re-imagined for life today. We've selected seven iconic chairs, tables and chests of drawers (mostly from the 1980s) which have been reincarnated, from a Hong-Kong-designed spiralling chest of drawers and a table padded in soft leather to a curved Philippe Starck chair with a curved plywood back.
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By Chi Wing Lo for GiorgettiThis corner chest of drawers in maple was designed by Chi Wing Lo in 1995. It was the start of a long and fruitful collaboration between the Hong Kong-born designer and the Brianza-based cabinet maker Giorgetti. When the doors and drawers are open, it really comes to life.Details From £16,523, Giorgetti
By Aldo Rossi for UniforThis extraordinary chair appears to be rigid but is instead soft to the touch. Made of matt black-varnished aluminium and moulded red polyurethane seat and back, it was designed by the Milan-based architect in 1989 and is part of the brand's Archivio Unifor collection of re-editions.Details £3,578, Unifor
By Shiro Kuramata for CappelliniThe Japanese designer Shiro Kuramata left a legacy of important 20th-century furniture. This table, created in 1986, is made of black-stained ash and has a chrome handle for moving it around easily. It can double up as a seat – one of the little details that turns this piece into an object worthy of praise.Details €970, Cappellini
By Philippe Starck for DriadeIn 1984 Philippe Starck designed Café Costes in Paris and for that project created this now-iconic chair. Last year Driade celebrated its 40th year of producing the Costes chair, with its three legs, painted tubular steel frame and curved plywood shell.Details €990, Driade
By Antonio Citterio for FlexformGinger was introduced in 1984 and then reintroduced last year, 40 years later. Its classic structure of chromed tubular steel can be finished in fabric or tobacco leather (as shown here). It comes with its own pivoting side table.Details £8,331, Flexform
By Lella and Massimo Vignelli for Poltrona FrauThe CEO table was introduced in 1989 by the New York-based Lella and Massimo Vignelli and updated by Lella in 2008. Made up of cylinders and squares, it has a monumental, sculptural shape. It is entirely wrapped in leather (this one is in the shade Tobacco) and padded, making it soft to the touch.Details £8,580, Poltrona Frau
By Rena Dumas for HermèsRena Dumas created the Pippa collection of folding furniture in 1983. It was the first Hermès furniture collection and the house chose Pier Luigi Ghianda, Italy's most respected cabinetmaker, to develop the pieces. This one is in ebonised maple and red Taurillon Clemence buffalo-calf leather.Details £19,170, Hermes
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