WalterWorks Design Gallery: The Bored Housewife Throne

The Bored Housewife Throne

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About WalterWorks

Walter Raes comes from an artistic family in St Niklaas in Belgium and moved to London in 1989.

After living in the UK, he observed, “I think that what is thrown away in London and around the world is criminal; it’s from these consumer society throw-outs, that I make my designs.”

For the last 6 years, Walter’s obsession has been creating WEARABLE & DESIGN ART entirely from household and industrial materials, frequently recycled from skips. His artistry is totally inspired by these rejects. In short, he takes the disposable remnants of our everyday lives to create his brilliant pieces, explorations in form and function.

MADEMOISELLE CREME BOUDOIR CHAIR – GHOST FURNITURE

Mademoiselle Creme Boudoir Chair

Purchased as one of a set of four from eBay we decided to give the boudoir stools a human feel by dressing them in corsets.

For this stool we have used a French girl’s corset purchased from a vintage clothes shop in Normandy. Both the front and back of the corset have intricate detailing and it is in a beautiful pale pink cotton with bones to the front The seat is covered in a vintage satin with a deep buttoned centre. The stool itself has been painted in Farrow and Ball Dimity Eggshell which gives the look of flesh.
Measurements: 87cms High Seat 35cms Diam

Via GHOST FURNITURE (UK).

4 Legs by Mario Philipponna


4Legs by Mario Philipponna


Sexy Furniture:

Four legs form a provocative chair.

Many requests for a suitable chair to go with the  Trio table triggered me to make this unique chair.
It has a straight sitting and is more comfortable than most designer dining chairs.
Can also be used as a single piece to cheer up your living room.
The chair is handcrafted.
The leather back can be tightened with a leather lace, the seat is padded with foam rubber.
The leather can be reversed to give a choice of red or black.
Obviously other colours or wood species are also possible.
Dimensions: ca. 113 X 480 X 80 cm
Finishing: High class of perfection, natural oil and
beeswax bring out the beauty of the wood.
Inclusive a maintenance kit to preserve the beauty of the wood
These objects are made to order.
Please allow three months production time.
Free delivery in Western Europe,
please contact me to discuss shipment worldwide
Price: Euro 7.995,00

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Read More at Rotterdam Based Mario Philippona’s site: Sexy Furniture Site | 4Legs

Flow by Xavier Lust

Milan 08: Belgian designer Xavier Lust has designed Flow, an aluminium sofa range for furniture Belgian brand Indera.

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Sensory Deprivation Skull Chair by Atelier van Lieshout

Sensory Deprivation Skull Chair by Atelier Van Lieshout 1

Sensory Deprivation Skull Chair by Atelier van Lieshout

Dutch Atelier Van Lieshout has their Sensory Deprivation Skull on display at Carpenters Workshop Gallery, a new Gallery in Mayfair, London, designated to furniture.

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A chair you can sit in with the doors closed and without any disturbance from the outside world.

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Even with a cosy sheepskin!

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Joep van Lieshout, founder of Atelier Van Lieshout, would maintain it is an object of art, not a chair.

I would not agree and would like to quote the Italian critic and curator Angelo Capasso at Design NL who recently visited The Netherlands in preparation of a Dutch art and fashion exhibition in Rome:

A week of meetings in the Netherlands gave me the opportunity to gain an insight into the art and design scene there. Art and design are the most fruitful couple in the visual world. They give a different interpretation of the visual: as I said in my essay Design and Ready Made, a very simple difference between the two, is that ‘in art, objects pretend to be useless, in design, objects pretend to be useful. The word pretend is very important, in this context, because it underlines a possibility (a wish, a project) that is not necessary fulfilled. Today objects coming from the two different ideas (or projects) seem to be moulded in the same oven but subsequently served to a different table and therefore with a different destiny. In the Netherlands, as I have seen, the two share an interesting debate that makes it difficult to show reasons for their different identity: if generally it is art’s task is to pose questions while design’s goal is that of giving solutions, Dutch ideas show that a switching of these positions is possible. Therefore my short journey through the Netherlands was really a journey through the possibility of finding one main element of distinction between the two, or the elements that combines the two on a different face on the same coin.

About AVL – Atelier Van Lieshout

Atelier Van Lieshout (AVL), located in a warehouse in the Rotterdam harbour, was founded by artist Joep van Lieshout (1963) in 1995. It is a multidisciplinary art practice encompassing installation, design, furniture and architecture. The name Atelier Van Lieshout emphasises the fact that the works of art do not stem solely from the creative brain of Joep van Lieshout, but are produced by a creative team of artists, designers and architects.
The works of art are practical, uncomplicated and substantial. The work varies from sculptures and furniture, bathrooms and mobile home units to large installations and complete architectural refurbishments. One of the many applications and techniques used by AVL are the large polyester constructions in striking, bright colours. These polyester constructions, of which the large mobile home units are the best known, form the AVL trademark. Recurring themes in the work of AVL are autarky, power, politics and sex.
Works of AVL can be found in private collections and several museums.

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