AVL Presidential Chair

Presidential Chair

The AVL Presidential Chair is a variation of the Office Chair. The presidential chair was designed for the nuclear security summit in Den Haag, 2014. It is a special edition that derived from the AVL Office Chair, with a slightly higher raised back alluding to extra status. Upholstered in stone-gray silk and with a white coated frame. The chair was elected by the organization of the NSS as best option because of its sheer comfort and Dutch Design. As president Barack Obama and 58 other world leaders spent two long days on this chair, he described it as “truly… gezellig.”

Moreover, in 2016 the chair was used in the interior of the Scheepvaart Museum, Amsterdam which was designed by Studio Edward van Vliet for Dutch Presidency of the Council of Ministers of the European Union. This version of the chair had a gold colored base and was upholstered in a graphic royal blue pattern designed by van Vliet in which Lensvelt delivered more than 200 of these adaptations.

The AVL Presidential Chair is available in several different variations.

Atelier van Lieshout

Joep van Lieshout is a sculpture, visionary and artist.  He has acquired international fame with both autonomous work as well as commissioned work, within all aspects of art, design and architecture. His style is often characterized as quick, bold and eccentric. Van Lieshout’s friendship with Hans Lensvelt dates way back as they both share complementary visions and a similar outlook on life. Atelier van Lieshout (AVL) has designed many special and desired products for Lensvelt which are often seen as modern classics. Joep van Lieshout/AVL, have created a rich ouvre of sculptures and installations, buildings and furniture classified both as utopias and dystopias. His work is characterized by a number of recurring themes, motives and obsessions such as: systems, power, autarky, life, sex and death.

The art pieces and installations are exhibited in museums and galleries worldwide – from the MOMA in New York, the Hayward Gallery in London right down to Centre Pompidou in Paris… and the Lensvelt’s Design experience in Breda.