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As follows, \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/bennyvandenmeulengracht-vrancx.be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eBenny Van den Meulengracht-Vrancx\u003c\/a\u003e was given the assignment to make a chair.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHaving never made a chair before, he started out researching what kind of chair he would like to make by first looking at other chairs, drawing them in order to understand them, before designing his own. The second step was distilling his artistic practice into a recognizable shape, which could then be applied to the chair. Many drawings and maquettes later, the first technical sketch was made, featuring a distinct shape which can be seen again in Van den Meulengracht-Vrancx’s ceramic sculptures. The final ceramic maquette of the chair was used to make promotional images for the exhibition, featuring a figma figurine from the manga Gantz. The copy would be something like: “Wanna see the real thing? Visit the show!”.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe chair was produced and stood in the exhibition. During the show, the idea came to bundle some of the documents created to make the chair into an artists book and from that, the idea to recreate the promotional images of the maquette in life size. The artist approached design bureau \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.vrints-kolsteren.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eVrints-Kolsteren\u003c\/a\u003e to, together with him, give shape to the book. To recreate the shoot, Van den Meulengracht-Vrancx asked photographer Stig De Block to take the pictures and he borrowed a latex suit from designer Kjell De Meersman, then in his final year at the Royal Fashion Academy of Antwerp, fitted on model Karina Zharmukhambetova, coincidentally resembling the Gantz figurine, with the set design done by the artist himself. Together with pack shots and close ups of the chair, all of these images would comprise the book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt was Vrints-Kolsteren’s idea to work with different types of print. As such, the book is filled with seperate sheets of riso prints, silkscreens and offset prints, with the cover being debossed. A custom typography based on the chair’s shape was made by Christophe Synak, who was an intern at the time, in collaboration with Vrints-Kolsteren. The book is bound by an elastic band with the idea that each print can be seen as an autonomous piece to be taken out of the book or changed in its order. The final result is an artistic publication about a chair, but more importantly, the book brought together different artists from different disciplines.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e100 copies of Chair were produced and hand signed by the artist.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWords from bennyvandenmeulengracht-vrancx.be\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrawings and Chair: Benny Van den Meulengracht-Vrancx\u003cbr\u003eBook Design: Vrints-Kolsteren, Christophe Synak\u003cbr\u003ePhotography: Stig De Block\u003cbr\u003eLatex Suit: Kjell Demeersman\u003cbr\u003eModel: Karina Zharmukhambetova\u003cbr\u003ePages: 48\u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 230 × 330 mm \/ 9 × 12.9”\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Elastic\u003cbr\u003eEdition: 100\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2019\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Benny Van den Meulengracht-Vrancx\u003cbr\u003eOrigin: Belgium\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Benny Van den Meulengracht-Vrancx","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":21792344768597,"sku":"BVCH13","price":5478.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0491\/5749\/products\/1_36fb0ce8-020e-4196-a874-535be9de1c85.jpg?v=1552233531"},{"product_id":"hans-j-wegner-just-one-good-chair","title":"Hans J. 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Finn Juhl was one of the leading figures in the so-called ‚golden age‛ of Danish furniture design in the years after the Second World War and his success in the United States was instrumental in drawing the world’s attention to the Danish chair and the branding of Danish Design.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFinn Juhl – Life, Work, World‛ tells Finn Juhl’s story (1912-1989) and places his works into the context of their times – from the breakthrough of modernism around 1930 through the heights of cabinetmaker’s furniture in the 1940s and 1950s, and up until the re-emergence of near-forgotten masterpieces in the 1990s, their sublime execution admired afresh.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe present book contains over 400 photographs and drawings, including 20 detailed presentations of Finn Juhl’s most iconic designs. The monograph closes with an illustrated inventory of Juhl’s known works.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePages: 272\u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 220 x 295 mm\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2025\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Strandberg Publishing\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Strandberg Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41783461052501,"sku":"SPFL1651","price":11550.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0491\/5749\/files\/1_d7c300cd-d850-4e12-9055-30f4cc1983ae.jpg?v=1761726259"},{"product_id":"a-chair-and-you","title":"A Chair and You","description":"\u003cp\u003eConceived as an opera in four acts, the exhibition documented in this book brings to life the chair collection of Swiss entrepreneur Thierry Barbier-Mueller (1960–2023). Through the scenography of the renowned American director Robert Wilson (1941–2025), a succession of evocative atmospheres articulates the sculptural, singular presence of each piece. “A Chair and You” recounts the mise-en-scène of the exhibition. 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