Designer Philippe Starck delved into European history. A new collection for the brand Driade named in honor of Thomas de Torquemada, head of the Spanish Inquisition of the late XV century.

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The Torquemada series includes a table and chairs - dining and bar. Deliberately laconic and strict, the models are decorated with metal parts, reminiscent of instruments of torture. The fastenings of the chairs are made in the form of stylized shackles, and the “guillotine blades” are hidden under the table top.

The main material served as an array of wood. Models are available in both natural oak and lacquer: white, yellow, gray, pastel-lavender or pink. A special version of the chairs - with a textured surface of the seat and backrest, hand-processed. The collection was presented at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile 2017 exhibition.