marlies van putten: sous les pavés, la plage

one of the cast aluminum works of ‘sous les pavés, la plage’ by marlies van putten

with ‘sous les pavés, la plage’ (‘beneath the cobblestones, the beach’), marlies van putten, a furniture design student at the royal academy of art, the hague (KABK), experiments with process and material towards the creation of individuated furniture design pieces. through a sand-casting technique, van putten creates aluminum chairs and tables with an organic-like appearance. although the forms are repeatable, the physical process is not tightly controlled, so each piece is unique.

‘sous les pavés, la plage’ is on exhibition for milan design week 2012 as part of ‘the shepherds of stuff‘, a student and graduate show by the royal academy of art the hague (KABK) that investigates the ‘new nature’ of human and environment interactions.

behind-the-scenes look: the making of one of van putten’s aluminum cast furniture pieces

detail view of the chair legs (left) and back (right)

full view of a table in ‘sous les pavés, la plage’