Courbes Alléchantes Bench
Collection Courbes Alléchantes
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- Designer
- Axel Chay
- Collection
- Courbes Alléchantes
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The story
The Courbes Alléchantes bench builds its form from a single design decision: parallel aluminium tubes, each wrapped in chamois faux fur, arranged side by side to shape both seat and backrest in one continuous gesture. There is no visual break between sitting surface and back support. The tubes run through both, uninterrupted, giving the piece a structural clarity that reads from across the room.
Small cylindrical feet lift the form just off the ground. The faux-fur wrapping in warm chamois eliminates all trace of the metal armature beneath, making the piece feel improbably soft for something that came from a welding studio in Marseille. Axel Chay designed the collection as a material inversion of his usual practice: the aluminium is still there, but the textile has the last word.
The bench seats two comfortably, and functions equally as an accent piece against a wall or at the foot of a bed. Available on Monde Singulier as part of the Courbes Alléchantes collection.
About Axel Chay
Axel Chay is a self-taught designer based in Marseille, working across sculptural furniture, lighting, and art objects. He co-founded Nova Obiecta in 2013 before launching his own studio in 2020, now run as a family enterprise: Axel designs, his wife Melissa handles communication and brand identity, and his brother Aimeric produces the pieces in their Marseille atelier.
His work draws from the Mediterranean coastline where he grew up, from the kinetic artists he admires (Donald Judd, Tom Wesselmann, Julio Le Parc, Geneviève Claisse), and from the Memphis movement's rejection of neutral design. He resists any fixed identity: "I try to draw things that I like and that are not trivial." The result is sculptural furniture and lighting that is colorful, graphic, and built to hold its presence in a room.
Delivery
Every piece is packed and shipped under insurance, from the workshop to you. White glove delivery (unpacking, installation, packaging removal) is available on request. Delivery is not charged at checkout: we send you a quote within 24 business hours of your order. You have 5 days to accept and pay it (secure payment link or bank transfer), otherwise your order is cancelled and fully refunded.
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