Septem Bench – / Aluminium Tubes – L 100 Cm – Axel Chay

A graphic, sculptural piece of furniture that can be displayed like a work of art in your living room or on your terrace… The Septem bench is an assembly of seven lacquered aluminium tubes. These tubes evoke industrial pipes, given a twist by the luxurious polished mirror finish. The simple form, both enigmatic and playful, irresistibly attracts attention and stimulates the imagination. A style both full of fantasy yet refined. The Septem bench won’t go unnoticed, but will become a centrepiece in your decor. A snub to conventional design and predictable furniture. With its rudimentary form, lost between a feeling of regression and technical distinction, the tube calls out with its power of interpretation. Designer Axel Chay has succeeded in transforming a basic element (metal tube) into a sculptural, contemporary piece, while preserving the integrity of the original element. Geometric abstraction is expressed in volumes of raw materials that seem to defy space and time. French designer Axel Chay has a knack for crafting a daring language of shapes and colours, borrowing here and there from the 1980s, kinetic art and the Memphis movement. Seeking abstraction through strict, calculated geometric shapes, he seeks to breathe new life into sculptural furniture and plays with raw materials such as cork, steel and aluminium. The parts are manufactured or industrialised in France. In this way, the hands or machines behind these household objects come from the aeronautics and nuclear sector, as well as from historical French know-how.