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THE ACT OF SITTING:<\/p>\n

My first gesture was to “make a chair<\/span>.” As if “making a chair” were the founding act of any furniture design.
\nWhy would placing our posteriors on it make the object so important?
\nIn our Western societies, we certainly spend time in them: working, writing, eating, talking, etc.
\nThe chair is the prosaic support<\/span> for many daily activities.
\nIn other societies, the chair doesn’t even exist, or only as a symbol of power.
\nMy chairs fall somewhere between these two functions. They are certainly objects of use, as they should be, but they also have
\na symbolic charge<\/span> that expresses choices other than sitting.
\nOf course, the material and technique used make them heavy; it’s true that they can rust; they feel cold to the touch.
\nAnd what’s more, unlike the bed, the metal chair isn’t very common in our culture.
\nYet, compared to a wooden chair, I discovered how much it allowed for a simple and pure gesture,
\nthe materialization of an almost calligraphic sign in space,
\nan apparent lightness of writing<\/span> where the technique becomes flexible in the service of the idea.<\/p>\n

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Et puis finalement, pour une id\u00e9e, c\u2019est vraiment confortable. Asseyez-vous, vous serez surpris\u2026<\/p>\n

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“BOUILLON” CHAIR:<\/span><\/h5>\n

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“GOTHIQUE” CHAIR<\/span>:<\/span><\/h5>\n

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“IZNIK” <\/span>CHAIR<\/span>:<\/span><\/h5>\n

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“OISEAU” CHAIR:<\/span><\/h5>\n

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“MARCEL” CHAIR:<\/span><\/h5>\n

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“VIEILLE BRANCHE” CHAIR:<\/span><\/h5>\n

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“ECAILLES” CHAIR:<\/span><\/h5>\n

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“HERBES FOLLES” CHAIR:<\/span><\/h5>\n

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“ROUGE” CHAIR:<\/span><\/h5>\n

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“TOURNESOL” CHAIR:<\/span><\/h5>\n

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“LA FOR\u00caT” CHAIR:<\/span><\/h5>\n

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“M\u00c9CHANTS ENFANTS” CHAIR:<\/span><\/h5>\n

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“VACHE” LOW CHAIR:<\/span><\/h5>\n

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