Stylist Larisa Miroshnik
Furniture made of plasticJust look atthe exposition of any prestigious furniture salon or leaf through an interior design magazine to understand: plastic is more relevant than ever. Of course, plastic furniture was not invented today - the first attempts date back to the 50s of the last century, when Charles and Ray Eames began to make chairs with seats from the new material. The first completely plastic chair was created by Joe Colombo in 1965. And a couple of years later, Verner Panton came up with a chair from a single piece of molded plastic, which proved that this material is capable of radically changing the very idea of \u200b\u200bfurniture. After that, plastic quickly came into fashion - universal, lightweight, bright, practical, able to take any shape, it perfectly matched the aesthetics of the 60s and 70s. The next wave of passion arose in the 1990s, when Gaetano Pesce, Ross Lovegrove, Karim Rashid, Ron Arad and especially Philippe Starck began working with plastic, as it best suited his mission of "bringing good design to the masses!" Thanks to quality design, plastic furniture, especially colored or transparent, gradually won its place in the sun and in the holy of holies - living rooms.
The advantage of designer plastic furniture isthat it is not necessary to buy it as a "set": sometimes even one item can perfectly relieve the atmosphere in the interior, add color, style or a bit of irony to it. This almost universal material has only one serious drawback - short life. Chemists are stubbornly fighting it: new plastics, for example polycarbonate, last much longer than their cheaper "brothers". Therefore, when buying furniture, be sure to check the material - the warranty on high-quality plastic is 5-7 years.
