Oh how we love typographic furniture. So it’s no surprise that we are drawn to the coffee tables and consoles in the Reinier Bosch Letter Series.
Reinier Bosch Letter Series
For his ‘Letter’ series of conceptual furniture, Dutch designer Reinier Bosch took his inspiration from luminous street advertisements and famous pop-art paintings of comic book panels by Lichtenstein. In the ‘Letters’ series, the designs of functional tables, cabinets and consoles each piece refers to a different emotion, usually in the form of onomatopoeia.
Playing with both an idea of excessiveness and mystery, Reinier Bosch uses neon letters to express himself but also to attract and persuade people. He captures these giant letters, that are synonymous with size and a certain idea of contemporary globalization, and brings them into domestic life.
The Letter series is a series of furniture made from letters in steel and plexiglass.
Composition 1, 2013
Glass, stainless steel, Plexiglas
13 4/5 × 51 1/5 × 51 1/5 in
35 × 130 × 130 cm
Edition of 3 + 2AP + 1P
$8000
The famous pop-art paintings of comic book panels by Lichtenstein were used as a source of inspiration to create the following three tables.
The Whaam! Table
WHAAM!, 2013
Glass, RVS bronze mirror, plexiglas, LED lighting
51 1/5 × 51 1/5 × 15 in
130 × 130 × 38 cm
Edition of 3 + 1P + 2AP
(SOLD)
The Varoom Table
VAROOM, 2014
Glass, Stainless steel, Plexiglass
15 7/10 × 63 × 41 3/10 in
40 × 160 × 105 cm
Editions 2, 3, 1AP, 2AP, 1P of 3 + 1P + 2AP
$17,500
The BANG Table
Bang*, 2014
Glass, Stainless steel, plexiglass
15 7/10 × 59 1/10 × 43 3/10 in
40 × 150 × 110 cm
Editions 2, 3, 1P, 2AP of 3 + 1P + 2AP
$15,000
The X Console and The W Console are large polished steel letter-shaped console tables topped with glass and illuminated with LED lights. Along with emotion, the consoles are also a play on language. The letters have a literal meaning to them, but are also aesthetic objects.
The X Console
X Console, X-Console, 2014
Glass, plastic, stainless-steel
39 2/5 × 45 7/10 × 11 4/5 in
100 × 116 × 30 cm
Editions 2, 3, 1-2AP, 1P of 3 + 1P + 2AP
$11,000
The W Console
W-console, 2014
Glass, mirror-polished stainless steel
39 2/5 × 45 7/10 × 11 4/5 in
100 × 116 × 30 cm
Editions 1, 3, 1AP, 1P of 3 + 1P + 2AP
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You can purchase the letter series tables and consoles by Reinier Bosch at the Netherlands Gallery Priveekollektie Contemporary Art | Design
Thanks to photographers Ian Scigliuzzi, Rachel Nieborg and gallery Priveekollektie Contemporary Art | Design for the images and information