Milano presentations

Dinky Dutch restaurant at Milan Design Week 2023, an Erik Kessels concept, with blue coral murals and pale blue dining chairs.

2022 Dinky Dutch is a sustainable presentation in Milan by a concept of Erik Kessels and furniture by Lensvelt.

Bucket Chair in pale blue beside a bespoke banquette sofa and square black tables in the Dinky Dutch restaurant, Milan.

The Bucket Chair and a bespoke sofa together with square meeting tables in the restaurant setting.

Two teal Coquille Chairs at a round black table in the entrance area of Dinky Dutch in Milan.

The Coquille Chair in the entrance area of Dinky Dutch

The Boring Collection revisited as Boring 3.0 at Certosa, Milan Design Week 2022: pale grey desks in a white room.

2022 Revisiting the Boring collection at new venture Certosa in Milan

All New at Milan Design Week 2019: a long dining table and pink plinths of new furniture under sheer white drapes.

2019 In contrast with the previous year we showed all new furniture in Milan.

New Chesterfield by Baranowitz + Kronenberg: two swivel armchairs, one mint green and one cream, on a lit plinth in Milan.

New Chesterfield was designed by Baranowitz + Kronenberg

Lazy Modernist recliner and AVL Office Chair by Atelier van Lieshout in olive upholstery on pink plinths in Milan.

Lazy Modernist and AVL Office chair both designed by Atelier van Lieshout

Three green Felix chairs on a pink plinth, launched during the Salone del Mobile in Milan in 2019.

Felix chair was launched during the Salone del Mobile in 2019

New Balance sofa by Fabio Novembre: two curved cream sofas facing each other in the Milan presentation space.

New Balance sofa was designed by Fabio Novembre

Bar Baas pop-up restaurant, Milan Design Week 2019: laid tables ringed by the red Maarten Baas chair special edition.

Bar Baas our pop up restaurant with the Maarten Baas chair special edition

Red table lamp on a laid restaurant table framed by red 101 Chair seats at the Dinky Edition bar in Milan

Modular supplied matching table lamps

BAR BAAS poster for the Maarten Baas 101 Chair Dinky Edition in the window of Dinkey, the Milan pizzeria, under a red awning

Dinkey restaurant became BAR BAAS

Red 101 Chair seats with matching frames lined up at a laid restaurant table for the Dinky Edition in Milan

The Dinky edition has matching upholstery and frame

Nothing New at Milan Design Week 2018: black mannequins around used furniture sprayed black on a blue stage.

2018 The concept of Nothing New entailed a presentation showing all used furniture to emphasize sustainability

Cardboard No Idea high-back chair filled with crumpled paper and a hand-written 'Do not sit' sign in a Milan courtyard

Our own Lensvelt 'No Idea chair' was bought back on line

Stealth Cabinet in green, borrowed from a client, flanked by orange sculptures on a blue stage in the Nothing New setting.

Stealth Cabinet, one of all time bestsellers was borrowed from a client

AVL Office Chair styled by curator Maarten Spruyt for Nothing New, draped with a pale figure between two vintage spotlights.

AVL Office chair styled according the nothing new concept by curator Maarten Spruyt

Maarten Baas and PH1 barstools in teal, ochre and red, dressed up with soft mannequin limbs in the Nothing New display.

Maarten Baas barstools and PH1 barstools (left) are 'dressed up' eclectically

Vintage Maarten van Severen furniture, Table T88A and chair MVS CN, set among sculptures in a frescoed Milan palazzo hall.

Table T88A and chair MVS CN, the exclusive Maarten van Severen furniture was also vintage

The Boring Collection tower by Lernert & Sander under a courtyard arch, grey office figures with screen heads seated around it.

The Boring Collection tower was borrowed from the previous Milan presentation

May I Have Your Attention Please? at Milan Design Week 2017: Maarten Baas 101 chairs under a ceiling of horns and megaphones.

2017 the launch of the Maarten Baas chairs with an award winning installation which definitely asked for attention

'May I Have Your Attention Please?' in hand-cut white letters on the black wall of the Lensvelt Milan installation

This catchy title explaines the concept of the installation

Maarten Baas 101 chairs in red, blue and orange, each with a differently shaped backrest, in a raw concrete hall

Maarten Baas 101 chair shows eight different shapes for the backrest

Maarten Baas, left, and Hans Lensvelt, Milano Design Award winners, seated among Maarten Baas 101 chairs under a ceiling of horns

Winner of the Milano Design Award 2016, left; Maarten Baas, right; Hans Lensvelt

Row of all-black 101 Chair models on a white plinth against raw concrete at the Ventura Centrale presentation

The chair shown at the Ventura Centrale presentation in all black

The Boring Collection: grey desks, chairs and cabinets ringed by crumpled paper, Milano Design Award 2016 winner

2016 Lensvelt wins Milan Design Award 2016 with The Boring Collection

The boring tower by Lernert & Sander: grey desks, chairs, a whiteboard and clock stacked amid crumpled paper

According to the jury Lensvelt and Space Encounters Office for Architecture created the best concept of all 1600 exhibitors.

Grey cabinets, a desk and an office chair from The Boring Collection standing in a sea of crumpled paper in Milan

The exhibition concept was developed in collaboration with Space Encounters and students from KABK in The Hague.

Visitors sitting among thousands of crumpled paper wads flooding the Boring Collection installation in Milan

The project is a simple but effective conceptual innovation which starts from turning a stereotype into a playful and engaging experience.

Milan Design Week 2015 title card: the UNM desk in speckled stone and copper beside a planted steel room divider

2015 the exclusive desk UNM shows a contrast in materials

Three UNM desks in speckled stone and polished copper, one with an industrial turning wheel, in a workshop with lockers

UNM a chic desk with an industrial looking turning wheel

Milan Design Week 2014 title card: the Maarten van Severen presentation staged by O.M.A in a white daylit gallery

2014 The installation for the Maarten van Severen furniture was designed by O.M.A

The black folded CHL95 chaise longue beside a curved one-piece aluminium chair by Maarten van Severen on polished concrete

Chaise longue CHL95 and the aluminum chair made out of one piece of material

MVS S88 by Maarten van Severen: tan leather back on a steel frame with a canvas cushion, beside the black version.

MVS S88 has a steel frame, a leather backrest and a thick canvas cushion

Milan Design Week 2013 title card: Job Office by Studio Job laid out in rows in the baroque Sala Cenacolo in Milan

2013 Presentation of the Studio Job furniture at the impressive Sala Cenacolo in Milan

Job Cabinet, Job Buffet and Job Desk in white with gold detailing, beneath the baroque painting of the Sala Cenacolo

Job Cabinet, Job Buffet and Job Desk, all quipped with golden details

Job Smeets and Nienke Tynagel of Studio Job address guests at the cocktail party in the Sala Cenacolo, Milan

Studio Job, Job Smeets and Nienke Tynagel during the cocktail party

Rows of Job Lamps with domed shades on white Job Desks, each desk fitted with an oversized gold button, Studio Job

Job Lamp with an oversized gold button

Milan Design Week 2012 title card: WWIII by Joep van Lieshout, a blue field gun amid blue Atelier Van Lieshout furniture

2012 Furnication-WWIII (world war three) celebrated 12.5 years of colaboration with atelier van Lieshout (AVL)

Four blue AVL Office chairs around a blue workbench under the barrel of the WWIII gun, Atelier Van Lieshout in Milan

AVL Office chair and workbench presented in blue

Three first-generation Spider chairs in blue on a plinth beneath the blue WWIII gun barrel, Atelier Van Lieshout

Spider chair, first generation

Skull, a blue Atelier Van Lieshout sculpture, outside next to the army tent and benches of the military catering area

Skull was presented outside next to the military inspired catering area

All-blue WW III installation with a blue-painted artillery gun surrounded by blue Lensvelt furniture on plinths

The ‘gigantic blue cannon’ stands symbolic for the powerful partnership between Lensvelt and AVL

Milan Design Week 2011 banner: Studio Job and Joep van Lieshout cabinets in blue, green and orange around a green table.

2011

Job Cabinet, premiered in 2011, an orange steel cabinet with a grey door front, on a white plinth in a bare gallery.

Job Cabinet premiered in 2011

AVL office chairs in brown leather lined up along the green AVL workbench beneath an oversized white chandelier.

AVL office chairs and workbench

Job Cabinet in red with its oversized key in the lock, first shown in 2011, with grey and yellow versions behind.

Job Cabinet with the oversized golden key was first presented in 2011

Crate cabinet by Mark van der Gronden, a black frame filled with coloured plastic crates, standing on a pallet.

Crate cabinet by Mark van der Gronden