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G4 Gazette

Cover photo — pp589 BAR BENCH, 1953 — pp225 The FLAG HALYARD CHAIR, 1950.

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“Ingenuity and craftsmanship can be combined in the strive for quality.”

January 2014

COLLECTIONS WITH A STORY

Stefan Annerel

ART

Bocci • Brokis • Michael Anastassiades

LIGHTING

E15 • Emmemobili • PP Møbler • Verzelloni • When Objects Work

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In onze zoektocht naar design-objecten en meubilair – vormen competentie, bedrevenheid, handwerk en vooral passie voor het vak, een rode draad.

De meeste van onze leveranciers, zijn kleinere familiebedrijven, waarvan de expertise en vakkundigheid, soms teruggaat tot in de late 19de eeuw.

Door terug te keren naar de essentie en het unieke te onderzoeken, is het onze betrachting, om in deze tijden van snelle veranderingen, rustpunten – noem het, zekerheden, aan te reiken. Een exclusiviteit in een veel bredere zin !

Onze klanten : professionelen : winkels, showrooms, architecten, interieurarchitecten, decorateurs, stylisten enz.

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Dans notre recherche permanente – le talent, la capacité, la qualité, l’artisanat et surtout la passion pour le design, forment des mots clé.

La pluspart de nos fournisseurs, sont des entreprises familiales – dont l’expérience trouve parfois, sont origine dans la dernière partie du 19ième siècle.

En recherchant l’essence dans la vie, notre exploration pour des choses uniques, forme notre mission, dans les temps d’aujourd’hui, si éphémères. Cette mission vous offre un temps d’arrêt, une sorte de refuge – l’exclusivité au-delà !

Nos clients : des professionnels : magasins, showrooms, architectes, architectes d’intérieur, décorateurs, stylistes, etc.

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Most of our suppliers, are familiy-run businesses – of which the experiences and knowledge, sometimes go back into the late 19th Century.

By returning to the essence of live and things, by the exploration of uniqueness, we try to offer – in these times of fast changes and superficiality – some certainty, some repose. For us, a more genuine meaning for exclusivity !

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Bureau SB14 Nota. © PHOTO e15

2013

© PHOTO ALBERTO PIOVANO

NOTA BY ELISABETH LUX

ART & ARCHITECTURE BOOKSHOP

COPYRIGHT

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ARCHITECTURE BY VINCENT VAN DUYSEN

© PHOTO ALBERTO PIOVANO

The elegant bureau NOTA with its precise appearance discretely holds essential work and writing material. Opened, NOTA reveals a generous writing surface and a compact interior of perfectly arranged vertical and horizontal storage units.

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PP MØBLER © PHOTO THOMAS DE BRUYNE

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PP 589 BAR BENCH, 1953 Originally, Hans J. Wegner drew this bench for the entrance hall in his house. In 1953, production was instigated by Johannes Hansen’s Møbelsnedkeri A/S, and PP Møbler resumed production in 1991.

The Bench is intended as a piece of furniture that easily and elegantly blends into its surroundings, and becomes a natural and practical part of the interior. It’s well suited for short rests and temporary storing of clothes and newspapers. pp589 can be seen at many museums, among others at Tønder Museum.

The bench comes in oak or ash wood, soaptreated or oiled.

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PP 503 THE CHAIR.

© PHOTO PP MØBLER

1950

PP 503 THE CHAIR BY HANS J. WEGNER 'The Round One' as Wegner referred to it with his usual provincial modesty, is one of the most famous Danish pieces of furniture - and certainly the most significant and distinct Danish. In it's own modest and simple way it sums up the very essence of traditional Danish wood working and design philosophy. And it is absolutely the most important work of Hans J. Wegner.

SETTING THE TONE IN STONE

When John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon met in the first ever televised election debate in 1960, they sat in The Round Chair. It was chosen mainly for its comfort and genuine quality - made in Denmark and shipped to the USA to play an important role in this historic event.

Eventually the Americans came up with a new and more telling name for this chair. They called it 'The Chair'.

© PHOTO THOMAS DE BRUYNE

VAN DEN WEGHE

© PHOTO THOMAS DE BRUYNE

With this chair Wegner was finally freed from the inspiration from other cultures and designers that influenced his earlier works. This chair was created in a language of shape and construction that only Wegner could speak and it triggered the first ever foreign report of Danish design in the American Interiors Magazine.

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STEFAN ANNEREL Contemporary artist, living and working in Antwerp, Belgium

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The element of craftsmanship is equally important.

Annerel carefully constructs his works: he copies the motifs with paint and tape, which he applies in various layers on the canvas, with layers of transparent resin between them.

In this way, he creates depth—not an illusory depth that results from line or colour perspective, but a real, almost tangible depth.

In other words, the traditional pictorial illusion is reversed: whereas the ordinary figurative painting is essentially two-dimensional but tries to create an illusion of three-dimensionality, these works bring about the opposite effect—the works have a real, literal depth, but create the illusion of being flat.

© PHOTOS JAN COUDRON / ANAKLASIS FOTOSTUDIO

Annerel’s works never are what they seem and never seem what they are.

The illusion we are confronted with, are not the usual illusions, but emulated illusions: they are visual double entendres that relate to themselves, glossy glosses that refer back to themselves.

collection

© PHOTO THOMAS DE BRUYNE

SHADOWS. 2011

SHADOWS BY LUCIE KOLDOVÁ, DAN YEFFET

BULTHAUP

HOLISTIC SOLUTIONS FOR LIVING SPACES

© PHOTO THOMAS DE BRUYNE

Small pendant spot lights inspired by the classic ‘atelier lights’. Shadow collection is a new interpretation for a lot appreciated and timeless french ‘atelier’ shades, likewise to be considered as a homage to its previous typology. Using a new material and color combinations we got a family of lamps with a small twist. The collection consists of 5 pieces for each bunch and has different types of glass shades which slide over the wooden neck. The collection is powered by LED light source hidden in wooden neck.

Antwerpen Brugge Brussel Gent Gosselies Hasselt Kortrijk Leuven Luik Sint-Denijs-Westrem Woluwe

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BROKIS

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EMMEMOBILI collection

© PHOTO THOMAS DE BRUYNE

UFO Table.

2011

VUUR OP MAAT

DE PUYDT

© PHOTO ARNE JENNARD

© PHOTO GIORGIO POSSENTI

Designer: Ferruccio Laviani

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Soft forms and sophisticated finishes for the UFO table : available in oval or round shaped models.

The wooden multi-layer structure, is also available with the top in the following types of wood : oak, wengé, walnut or totally glossy or opaque lacquered, or the mix of wood and lacquering.

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VERZELLONI

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Larsen.

2013

Designer: CRD Verzelloni

A family is not a real family if it does not grow year after year! So the big family of informal design chairs, whose originator Zoe was first manufactured in 2006, with the addition of Zoe small, Zoe Baby, Zoe outdoor, Zoe pouf, and Zoe Chaiselongue through time, becomes even bigger this year with Zoe extra-large, a very comfortable super-sized version. Zoe takes the shape of the user’s body, through hundred of thousands micro it contains, which allows variable ergonomics.

© PHOTO VERZELLONI

© PHOTO VERZELLONI

Rationalist and modern style for this new sofa that takes us back to the 1960s, as if we were on the set of the enormously successful TV series ‘Mad Men’.

© PHOTO BOCCI

Create. Furnish. Live.

BOCCI : HALL 3.2 - stand D 029 BROKIS : HALL 2.2 - stand O 020 e15 : HALL 3.2 - stand E 030 VERZELLONI : HALL 11.1 - stand B 030

MAISON&OBJET PARIS 24 - 28.01.2014.

Un salon à votre image.

BROKIS : now! design à vivre : HALL 8 - stand F40

NORTHERN LIGHT FAIR 04 - 08.02.2014

FOOD WE LOVE TO EAT

FAIRS TO VISIT

IMM COLOGNE 13 - 19.01.2014

Brokis Stand B12 - Hall 10

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CHEF SEPPE NOBELS Our plates are filled with only the best of what’s local and fresh. Chef Seppe Nobels transforms daily harvested ingredients into light and healthy taste sensations. The seasonal dishes are a feast for both the taste buds and the eye.

A gastronomic delight for all your senses.

LIGHT+BUILDING FRANKFURT 30.03 - 4.04.2014.

World’s biggest trade fair for lighting and building

© PHOTOS F. VERCRUYSSE

SALONE INTERNAZIONALE DEL MOBILE 8 - 13 .04.2014

GALLERY AXEL VERVOORDT WWW.AXEL-VERVOORDT.COM

TÀPIES IN THE 1960’S SCARS OF THE REAL / UNTIL 26.01.2014

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GELINKT / TOT 02/03/2014 SEGUSO VETRI D’ARTE / TOT 02/03/2014

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WOLSTRAAT 45 - 2000 ANTWERPEN - MATTEO PUGLIESE - POL MARA - DELPHINE BOËL - BRUNO VEKEMANS - DIANORA NICCOLINI - MARCEL JOOSEN

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ART WE LOVE TO SEE

The global benchmark for the Home Furnishing Sector.

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The 28 copper series pendants.

THE 14 SERIES OMER ARBEL Popular residential and commercial applications include clusters over tables in dining rooms and restaurants, accessory lighting in living rooms and baths, linear configurations over bars and kitchen islands, large clusters in foyers and lobbies in both private and public spaces, as well as single pendants as points of interest.

NO-NONSENSE B2B ICT-OPLOSSINGEN

© PHOTO BOCCI

© PHOTO BOCCI

BOCCI 14S : SURFACE LIGHT

BOCCI 14.3

verkoop / verhuur / installatie / support configuraties en installaties van uw totale B2B Apple Macintosh omgeving.

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MICHAEL ANASTASSIADES collection

Unlimited. © PHOTOS MICHAEL ANASTASSIADES

BALL LIGHT LARGE POLISHED BRASS WITH ROD

ARCHITECTURE BY VINCENT VAN DUYSEN

2013

TUBE CHANDELIER 2006

DESCAMPS

WE MAKE YOUR INTERIOR SUPERIOR

© PHOTO THOMAS DE BRUYNE

For years Michael has produced his work in very limited quantities as editions of quality crafted pieces and small runs. In 2007 he set up a company to increase the availability of his objects. He traveled around the world and located small family run workshops to fabricate his pieces.

The workshops were selected for their unique manufacturing skills and tradition in the use of materials.

VOORSTRAAT 46 - 8500 KORTRIJK T +32 (0)56 22 37 37 INFO@DESCAMPS.BE WWW.DESCAMPS.BE

The first collection of pieces to be introduced follow two years of meticulous preparation.

It combines fine detailing with honestly expressed materials reinforcing the elegant simplicity of the designs. All the products are hand made in unlimited editions. The glass work is free blown, the stone work is hand carved, and the metal finishes are bespoke.

Each piece, stamped with the designer's mark, is manufactured in accordance with the purity of his original vision. Michael Anastassiades' philosophy is to produce exceptionally designed objects of permanent value.