British architect David Chipperfield has stepped down from his position as artistic director at Italian furniture brand Driade, and has been replaced by a "creative committee".
Chipperfield's high-profile appointment to the role was made in late 2014, shortly after Driade was rescued from bankruptcy by a ?7 million (£6 million) injection from private finance company Italian Creation Group.
Driade told Dezeen this week that Chipperfield's involvement ended in 2016, and that his artistic leadership had been passed "seamlessly" to a creative committee.
"The two-year collaboration from 2014 to 2016 between David Chipperfield and Driade, first established immediately after the acquisition of the company by Italian Creation Group in 2013, saw David Chipperfield appointed as artistic director, and aimed to redefine and realign the company values that led to Driade's unique position in the history of design," the company said in a statement. "Driade has established a creative committee, composed of leading figures from the design world, that will guide the definition of the next stage in the development of the company in line with the strategy initiated by David Chipperfield. This has enabled artistic direction to be passed seamlessly to the new creative committee in time for the 2017 Salone del Mobile."

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