"Bamboo" bench in cherry wood, by Dirk Meylaerts

“Bamboo” bench in cherry wood by designer dirk meylaerts. “What happens if you transfer the language of the industrial piping found in factory ceilings to a wooden bench ? the coldness of metal turned into a modest and elegant Japanese tea ceremony table...

Large rectangular wooden dining table in the style of Mario Marenco, Italy, 1980s. Four slender right-angled legs. In excellent condition. LP5557

Bamboo Bench by Dirk Meylaerts Dimensions: W 50 x D 163 x H 20 cm Materials: Cherrywood. What happens if you transmit the language of industrial piping found in the ceilings of factories into a wooden bench? The coldness of the metal transforms into the classy modesty of a Japanese tea ceremony table. Biography: After a short career as an actor and dancer in Jan Fabre’s theatre piece The Power of Theatrical Madness, he decided to pursue a career in furniture making. He studied cabinetmaking at Les Arts et Metiers in Brussels and trained under master cabinet maker Ralf Hillenbrand, who taught him all the technical aspects of the craft. After three years, he began working as an independent cabinet maker and designer, a career that spanned 25 years. In 2003, he organized several auction sales of prototypes by fellow designers, in collaboration with the auction house Pierre Bergé in Brussels. In 2006, he founded D&A Lab, a company that produced limited series of functional design objects, conceived by contemporary artists such as Jonathan Monk, Pierre Bismuth, Ann Veronica Janssens...

Simple, comfortable, sturdy, which can be set anywhere. I only have one and I'm trying to go out of business. M/1048.