AVL Spider Chair

Spider Chair

The AVL Spider Chair is first and foremost a functional chair, which was made using the traditional carpenters’ methods: without screws. It’s wooden, light-weight frame resembles that of a spiders’ physique. The AVL spider chair fulfilled a latent need as there were few fully wood stackable chairs available on the market and Lensvelt acquired none in the collection.

It took four years for Lieshout and Lensvelt to perfect the model as it was ultimately completed in 2016. The initial version was made for the Milano Design Week 2012. The final version was a straight and robust copy that carried both the Lieshout Atelier and Lensvelt DNA, connecting visions on pure craftsmanship as it forcefully denies the dry, technical and emotionless methods used in modern day design.

Atelier van Lieshout

Joep van Lieshout is a sculpture, visionary and artist.  He has acquired international fame with both autonomous work as well as commissioned work, within all aspects of art, design and architecture. His style is often characterized as quick, bold and eccentric. Van Lieshout’s friendship with Hans Lensvelt dates way back as they both share complementary visions and a similar outlook on life. Atelier van Lieshout (AVL) has designed many special and desired products for Lensvelt which are often seen as modern classics. Joep van Lieshout/AVL, have created a rich ouvre of sculptures and installations, buildings and furniture classified both as utopias and dystopias. His work is characterized by a number of recurring themes, motives and obsessions such as: systems, power, autarky, life, sex and death.

The art pieces and installations are exhibited in museums and galleries worldwide – from the MOMA in New York, the Hayward Gallery in London right down to Centre Pompidou in Paris… and the Lensvelt’s Design experience in Breda.