Maarten De Ceulaer, oud-student beeldhouwkunst, toont zijn werken in Milaan.

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Maarten De Ceulaer: Salone Del Mobile 2012, Milan, Italy Mutation Series   The pieces in this series look like they weren’t made by hands, but have grown to their present form organically. They might be the result of a mutation in cells, or the result of a chemical or nuclear reaction. Perhaps it’s a virus or bacteria that has grown dramatically out of scale. The Mutation pieces make you look at furniture in a different way. Maybe one day we would be able to grow a piece of furniture like we breed or clone an animal, and manipulate it’s shape like a bonsai tree. The project can be seen as an experimental review of classic furniture upholstery. It reminds us of the famous and iconic deep buttoned (Chesterfield) sofa's, interpreted in a highly contemporary and sculptural way. Instead of upholstering springs and foam with leather or textile, these pieces are created by carefully composing patterns with cut-offs of foam spheres of various sizes, and applying them onto a structure. In the end the entire piece gets coated, with a durable rubber or tactile velvet-like finish. It is hardly impossible to ever recreate such a specific pattern, so every piece is completely unique.        All photo credits: Nico Neefs / www.niconeefs.com   For more information and press requests, please visit my website www.maartendeceulaer.com or contact: mdeceulaer@gmail.com +32 (0)494.894.730 Maarten De Ceulaer Vanderschrickstraat 59 1060 Brussels Belgium Maarten De Ceulaer is exhibiting at 3 locations during the Salone del Mobile 2012: Twenty-five established and emerging Belgian designers & companies present their design visions on today’s tomorrows. Prototype of the Mutation Series on show! Location Triennale di Milano Viale Alemagna 6 20121 Milano www.triennale.org Open Press preview 16 April 11am-6pm Opening event (invitation) 17 April 5pm-7pm Milan Design Week 2012 17-22 April 2012 every day, 10.30am-10pm    Prototypes of the Mutation Series will be shown at Rossana Orlandi Location Via Matteo Bandello 14/16 20123 Milano Tel:+39 02 46 74 47-1 Fax:+39 02 48 00 83 87 Opening event 17-22 April 2012 April at 20.00 every day, 09.00am-20.00pm IN RESIDENCE presents TOMÁS ALONSO, BCXSY, PIEKE BERGMANS, JULIEN CARRETERO, MAARTEN DE CEULAER, FORMAFANTASMA,  TOMÁŠ GABZDIL LIBERTINY, PEPE HEYKOOP, LANZAVECCHIA + WAI, PHILIPPE MALOUIN, JO MEESTERS, MINALE-MAEDA, MISCHER’TRAXLER, LILIANA OVALLE, RAW-EDGES DESIGN STUDIO, STUDIO BESAU MARGUERRE, ANKE WEISS Location Ventura Lambrate 2012 via ventura 6 Opening hours: 17-22 April 2012 every day, 10am-20pm Opening event 18 April 2012, 20pm-22pm