Stylist Larisa Miroshnik
Furniture made of plasticIt's enough to look atExposition of any prestigious furniture salon or look through the interior magazine to understand: plastic is more relevant than ever. Of course, plastic furniture was invented not today - the first attempts date to the 50th years of the last century, when Charles and Ray Imc began to make armchairs with seats from the new material. The first completely plastic chair was created by Joe Colombo in 1965. And a couple of years later, Werner Panton came up with a chair from a single piece of molded plastic, which proved: this material can radically reverse the very idea of furniture. After that, the plastic quickly entered into fashion - universal, light, bright, practical, capable of taking any form, it could not be better suited to the aesthetics of the 60's and 70's. The next wave of fascination arose in the 1990s when Gaetano Pesce, Ross Lovegrove, Karim Rashid, Ron Arad and especially Philippe Starck began working with plastic, as it was best suited for its mission - to promote "good design to the masses!" Thanks to the high-quality design plastic furniture, especially color or transparent, gradually reclaimed its place under the sun and in the holy of holies - living rooms. 
The advantage of designer furniture from plastic inthat it is not necessary to buy it with a "set": sometimes one item can perfectly discharge the situation in the interior, add color, style or a bit of irony. This almost universal material has only one serious drawback - fragility. With it, the chemists are fighting hard: new plastics, for example polycarbonate, last much longer than their cheaper "colleagues." Therefore, when buying furniture, be sure to check the material - the guarantee for quality plastic is 5-7 years.
