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Christophe Pillet

Christophe Pillet was born in 1959, is a French designer who have gained global recognition designing hotels, boutiques and directing artistic projects in the USA, Great-Britain and Japan. He has won international acclaim for the spectrum and quality of his creations. Architecture, objects, furniture, artistic direction, his signature is invariably associated with the finest brands: Lacoste, Jean-Claude Jitrois, Catherine Malandrino, Lancel, Le Tannneur International. After graduating from the Decorative Arts School in Nice and obtaining a Master's Degree from the Domus Academy in Milan, between 1986 and 1988 he worked with Martine Bedin. He collaborated with Philippe Stark from 1988 to 1993, when he opened his own studio. He operates in a several sectors including furniture design, product design, interior design and stage design. A number of projects curated in the residential and hospitality fields. His creations have been exhibited in numerous exhibitions around the world. He has signed numerous products for Lema since 2013.

Driade

Driade; is an aesthetic workshop in the continuous search for beauty in living. The extensive catalogue includes furniture for the home, garden and collective spaces. They are objects of art and daily use, souls combing harmoniously. All this makes Driade unique in design world. The aesthetic laboratory is the result of the desire to introduce experimentation into mass-produced products. The pursuit of creativity in every product constitutes the goal of the enterprise. Driade creates products that are unique, eclectic, eccentric but at the same time elegant, timeless and, above all, joyful. The art of living is based on the idea that eclecticism, mélange of cultures, curiosity and surprise are the true essence of our age.
Being permeable to differences makes Driade project a highly topical proposal one that is open to the future. Driade also denies the flattening of globalization but senses its vitality and freshness resulting from the multiplication of places and the development of ideas.