Herve van der straeten biography examples

Precious modernity

The refinement of his furniture combining ebony and bronze, lacquer and parchment shows a remarkably virtuoso know-how.

But Hervé van der Straeten also calls upon formal research methods which never cease to surprise. By Eric Jansen

First there was Turbulences, then Débauche, Distorsion and Dissonances...

The names may suggest a somewhat disordered creative outpouring while the reality is, in fact, quite the opposite.

Herve van der straeten biography examples

Few, if any, are more self-controlled than this man. There are, however, two sides to Hervé van der Straeten: in his sketchbooks he draws mirrors surrounded by irregular circles, unstable console tables, tables with wonky legs.

Above all, don’t do it straight, symmetrical or rational... The designer pushes the limits of the déjà vu, reinterpreting an ancestral know-how. From his debuts Hervé van der Straeten joined the confidential list of the 20th century’s great designers.

While many of his fellow designers stuc