Aluminum Seating by the Designer Christophe Pillet When the French designer Christophe Pillet created the interiors for Hotel Sezz, in St.-Tropez, which opened in 2010, he focused on simple pleasures. What are the best, strongest emotions when you talk about vacation? Mr. Pillet asked. You have, for example, the smell of your skin when you're sunburned, the noise of the waves and the shadows of the trees that come inside your room. Hoping to evoke that feeling in the hotel's furniture, he developed Sezz, a collection of shapely aluminum seating, in collaboration with Emeco, the Pennsylvania manufacturer known for nearly indestructible chairs created for the United States Navy. Although the new chairs were intended specifically for the hotel, the company has now put them into production (prices range from $940 to $1,350). Information: (800) 366-5951 or emeco.net.