This piece is produced to order by the maker. Production usually takes about 4 weeks, after which we despatch it from London.
Because it is built for you, cancellation is limited once production has started on a configuration you specified. Please check the timing before you order — and ask us if the date matters.
Muller Van Severen designed the Alu Chair in 2015 as an outdoor chair for Anne Holtrop's Bahrain pavilion at the World Expo in Milan. It was meant for a courtyard, not a catalogue.
It has since become one of the pieces architects reach for first — light enough to move with one hand, and unmistakably the work of this duo. Although it was conceived for outdoors, most of them have ended up inside. The colours are applied in a UV-protective lacquer so they keep their brightness either way.
The Alu Bench came afterwards, taking the same graphic language and stretching it into an elongated form: aluminium frame, lacquered seat, four shades — ivory, green, alu and pink.
Left, the colour range laid out — the carefully chosen lacquers the chair is known for. Right, two of them around a table.
Muller Van Severen was founded in 2011 by Belgian artist duo Fien Muller and Hannes Van Severen. The couple have always been on an inspired quest for sculpturally interesting furniture objects, and their work sits somewhere between design and art, drawing on their passion for architecture and materials. They have won countless awards and collaborated with prestigious international museums and galleries.
A shared love of colour and materials is often the inspiration behind many of Muller Van Severen’s designs. The designer duo is constantly seeking new ways to present the natural beauty of the materials they use, striving to give the materials their own distinct presence.
A Belgian design label, valerie_objects asks designers like Muller Van Severen to give daily objects their beauty back.
Axel Van Den Bossche, who founded Serax, and Veerle Wenes of the design gallery Valerie Traan started valerie_objects in Belgium. The designers Muller Van Severen were the first to sign with the label.
Maarten Baas, Studio Wieki Somers and big-game have followed, each chosen for a signature you can recognise whether they make a table or a teapot. Everything is drawn for daily use.
