Valerie-Objects Etage Small Brass Shelf

Thu Mar 31, 2022ShelvesBrass, Aluminium, Oak Wood, Ash WoodDestroyers BuildersGoldValerie Objects

ETAGE SMALL BRASS SHELF

ETAGE SMALL BRASS SHELF

Designed By Destroyers Builders

Although a wall rack is spatially set in the flat surface of a wall, the complexity of etage lies in the many material connections, in translating the visual language into various materials and dimensions.

Etage is available in three different sizes and different materials: brass, aluminium, ash and oak with either a light or a dark finish.

Linde Freya Tangelder, the woman behind destroyers/builders, drew inspiration for ETAGE in the architecture of the Danish architect Per Kirkeby and the project "House V_H" of the Belgian agency Dhoore Vanweert.

Constructions that show plenty of curvy structures and laterally cut surfaces.

“Both the rear surface and the shelves follow a particular curve which ensures the allure of a skeletal frame. The frame of an organic sculpture."

DESIGNER

DESTROYERS BUILDERS

I zoom in on the elements that most architects try to keep out of sight. A minimalist play of color, shape and texture, that’s the result of our collaboration with the young conceptual designer linde freya tangelder (nl) a.k.a. destroyers/builders.

Linde freya deconstructed the small and seemingly banal elements of architecture and translated them into simple and pure design objects that spark the interior.

She morphed the shape of a simple curved tube into six beautiful table and wall objects such as a small shelf, a bookend and a tiny mirror.The objects are made of brick, porcelain and steel: a mixture of high-end and low-end materials with natural textures. ‘I zoom in on the elements that most architects try to keep out of sight’, linde freya says.

While questioning the border between art and functionality, we believe that these objects have the power to become the new little altars of the contemporary home.

For the 14th time in a row, the biennale interieur and the magazines knack weekend and le vif weekend have chosen a belgian designer of the year. valerie_objects is particularly proud that for 2019 the choice fell on linde freya tangelder of destroyers / builders.