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Iris, 2008 < > +

The coffee table 'Iris', made from a single sheet of steel, comes in white or black lacquered steel.

'Iris' can be piled up and is suitable for indoor and outdoor use.

Material: lacquered steel
Dimensions: H.34 D.91 cm

Libri, 2008 < > +
Edited by Swedese
Photography : Mikael Strinnhed

Libri received the '+1 Award' at the Stockholm Furniture Fair, "Best New Product Design 2008".

Libri is a storage solution suitable for our nomadic lifestyle. .. read more Libri shelf in white or black lacquered ash wood can be used as a single unit attached to the wall. It can also be combined with addtional Libri shelves assembled in width along the wall or right out from the wall as a room divider or even back to back to become a free standing shelving system. The legs are equipped with adjustability in height for uneven floors, and they can be adjusted after the shelf/shelves has/have been attached to the wall or to each other.

Dimensions: H.227 W.38 D.29,5 cm
Finish: white or black lacquered ash wood

Ondine, 2007 < > +

'a step forwards the 'no furniture'

Before being perceived as an element of furniture, this design tends to fascinate by its underlying complexity translated in a simple strong form. "Ondine" strikes the viewer as being somewhat organic: alive, supple and inherently mysterious".. read more

Mosquito, 2007 < > +

The chair Mosquito is the result of a thought about the furniture humanism and autonomy. .. read more A first step towards the "no furniture". The answer takes the form of a living being; an independent, obvious chair which gladly lends itself to play the role of a comfortable seat. The chair Mosquito is made from a waisted wood leaf. It can be piled up in two ways, pragmatic or graphic.

Material: white and black painted in gloss multiplex or finishing with whitened oak.

Oyon, 2006 < > +

Oyon's endless extensions allow us to turn our walls into screens on which our fruit and vegetables play the role of pixels.

It offers a way to rediscover the colours of fruit and our creativity.

Finish/material: black, white & transparent polycarbonate

Oyon 1^er, 2004 +

Oyon's endless extensions allow us to turn our walls into screens on which our fruit and vegetables play the role of pixels.

It offers a way to rediscover the colours of fruit and our creativity.

Material: 2 metres of white cornice pieces of tubing

Cocofruit, 2004 < > +

Cocofruit teaches us how to play with the various weights and shapes of the fruit. You will be delighted to put them into it time and time again.

Finish: Wenge, beech and birch curved plywood

Be eve, 2006 < > +

Be eve' by way of picture on the wall we have a luxury fruit-holder: Be eve allows us to create our own composition, and the apples remind us the biblical Eve

Finish/material: Steel polished

Fruikir, 2004 +

Mural storage for everything

Material: Resin

V. de Terre, 1999 < >

No comment

CDC & Mimie, 2006 < >

No comment

Good Sheets, 2006

No comment

Fedis, 2008 < > +

New reception area & conference rooms
In collaboration with J. De Four architects

OFFICE, 1996 +

Lonely external office

Connecting space, 2000 < > +

Endless space element

Fabrimetal

Office

Paradise chair, 2006 +

Paradise chair, is made from 247 vertical elements

Finish: White, red, blue, green, yellow

Slim, 2005 < > +

Under its solid design representing the archetype of a tradition armchair,... read more Slim Club hides a new comfort deriving from its composition of vertical units assembled at their base. By sitting on it, the 144 elements take the shape of your body. The upper parts of the Slim Club's lines change, open and become more personal just with the movement of your body.

Material: EVA

Slim-Club, 2005 < > +

Under its solid design representing the archetype of a tradition armchair,... read more Slim Club hides a new comfort deriving from its composition of vertical units assembled at their base. By sitting on it, the 144 elements take the shape of your body. The upper parts of the Slim Club's lines change, open and become more personal just with the movement of your body.

Material: EVA

Moon, 2005 < > +

When the above are combined, one enjoy a seat within a wooden cocoon. .. read more Psychological protection above may be used as book storage. In a wide and empty space where we need to feel secure, in a tiny room where we need more space, the Chair Moon offers us all practicality and satisfaction. It is possible to position a few Chair Moons next to each other and create a long profile which divides our space, this product gives us a first step towards psychological appropriation.

Finish/material: Lacquered multiply

Lilitte, 2001 < > +

No comment

Lounge chair Relax, 2004 < > +

Designed as a low table with an undulating surface in the middle and a deliberate cushion. .. read more The Lounge Chair Relax was initially conceived with the term in mind 'Sublime and capture the moment, as a delicate person lies down on a robust table'. The fabrication is a plywood grid, filled with expanding foam. A timber veneer is then applied to both surfaces.

Finish: Wenge

Fragrance, 2004 < > +

The fragrance chair is designed in reference of a woman's body & shoes... read more The fabrication is a plywood grid, filled with expanding foam. A timber veneer is then applied to both surfaces.

Finish/material: Wenge

Star, 2006 < > +

The project: Designing a trophy which rewards the exporting firms, means designing and materialising the qualities and pictures useful to develop concerning the foreign market. .. read moreBut it means too being together, having a global strong and perceptible Walloon identity and keeping the respect for his opponents.
Explanation: For that purpose, I have created STAR. A simple, strong and extraordinary dynamic trophy.

• It is a trophy as well as a contemporary sculpture
• The 8 trophies are identical, except for the prize mention inscribed on the upper side.
• They can be piled up to become one (see the picture on the left). Everyone will have the feeling to have been part of a whole, the one of the 2007 Walloon prize-winner firms, and to be part of the same chain.
• The twisted design of the trophy is obtained thanks to two turning on their axis triangles which evoke the openness to the other.
• The trophies can be placed horizontally or vertically.
• The sight in plan subtly evokes the part W of words AWEX /WALLON

Tom-G, 2005 < > +

Tom-G' is a flat wall 'shelf'... read more It consists of a sheet of plexiglass, thermally moulded, with both ends joining the central hanging point. Books and magazines placed inside disappear except for their edges'unless you opt for the transparent version so as to leave your favourite covers in full view!
Finish/material: black, white & transparent plexiglass

Be clear, 2006 +

Be clear' is a flat wall storage element closed at the front. It consists of a single sheet of steel, and enables documents to be stored without taking up any floor-space.

Finish/material: Stainless steel

Moya, 2004 +

Moya, is a building set made up of simple, light and identical units. It enables us to better adapt our interiors, to awake our creative directions and to follow our wandering need.

Finish/material: 3,5 meters of white cornice tubing, dia. 8 cm

Ingo 1er, 2001

An ingenious freestanding shelf system which, which can fit in every room in your home. Designed to compliment our nomadic life style, the Shelf Ingo1er is formed simply as 4 wooden bars and 16 square plywood panels... read more Also, its assembly and disassembly is possible within 4 minutes without tools. The ways to assemble a unit is only restricted by your imagination and units can be connected together, at all 4 sides, to offer storage and create space separation. In production, Ingo1er, combines ease of manufacture, a small ecological footprint and environmental awareness.

Finish/material: Birch

Miss Puz, 2005 < > +

Miss puz draws its name from the simplicity of its conception... read more

It is the first carpet obtained from four identical pieces produced from one square metre of felt. Each face has a different colour and the design of the pieces enables it to be placed on both sides. Miss Puz redefines the notion of life on the floor and personalisation of the carpet from one sole element.

Material: Felt & EVA

be light, 2006 +

Be light' with the archetypal profile of lamp with shade, be light is hollow and becomes a luxurious box and new skin for your old lamp. be light also operates autonomously. Finish/material: Steel polished

be light+, 2006 < > +

Be light' is the beauty of archetypal profile of lamp in simply one sheet of plexiglass. Finish/material: black, white & transparent plexiglass

The washbassin, 1998 < > +

'Wachbasin' is a table with a curved and eccentric part used as a basin... read more It ritualises the simple gesture of the rinsing of hands and the design of its basin prevents us from an excessive consumption of water.

Finish/material: Varnished plywood birch panels - Stainless steel

Inspired table, 2005 < > +

Project for book inspired - Designed in Brussels

Comming soon

CDC, 2006 +

CDC...is an overhead CD holder... read more It takes 22 CDs stored out of sight and well protected. It is held in place by easy to remove self-adhesive strips. Black granite weave 100% polyester fabric, washable. Black and red corded fabric
Project for Impex - Dynamo industrial price - Designed in Brussels

Mimie, 2006 +

MIMIE...The no mess car tray for people on the move. The tray consists of an inner folding steel frame covered with a layer of neoprene. Opened or Folded up.
Project for Impex - Dynamo industrial price - Designed in Brussels

Flip-it, 2005 +

Flip it, is a storage for 20 Cd to stick on all support and in all the directions. .. read more They are inserted in the notches and are maintained by the simple pressure of foam EP. It falls apart and this several times reposition.

Finish/material: EP 4500 black, red, gray, yellow, green
Project for Posso - Designed in Brussels

V.de terre, 2001 < > +

• function .......
• support of food moving
• destination .......
• the blue planet
.. read more
• objectives ......
• to develop the nutritional exchanges for indoor and outdoor
• to split up the good kitchen in rations of survival
• to facilitate the catch in hand of the nutritive support between the space of preparation and the different communication and life spaces by stacking, to discharge the space of preparation at the time of collective snacks and to maintain temperature during displacement
• to gain place on the desk at the time of evenings active, thanks to the light and formatted elements
• to give an opinion: face + ou -
• ... for us, domestic beings

Michaël Bihain

Interior & Furniture design

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Biography: 

Having trained as a butcher and as a carpenter, Michaël Bihain studied interior design at the St Luc Institute in Liège and at the University of Hull in England.  

He is currently working with companies and distribution firms on developing furniture, jewels and accessories. 

He has set up the BIHAINprod studio in London which deals exclusively with the conception of unique creations for private customers. 

Michaël Bihain also produces some of his products such as ‘OYON’, the first mural fruit basket. 

He currently teaches furniture conception at the St Luc Institute. His works are regularly exposed at exhibitions in Paris, London, Milan and some of his pieces are part of the permanent collection of the Seoul’s Design Museum.

He has been nominated for the ‘Award Design Report’ in Milan 2007, won the ‘Help for creation and innovation’ prize and has been chosen to design the furniture of the British Council in Paris.  

In Michaël Bihain’s world, you can see dancing shelves (Let’s Dance), fruits becoming an integral part of our walls (Oyon), a chair on which you wouldn’t dare sit (Paradise Chair) or even a chair (Mosquito) so alive that you could have a conversation with. 

Michael’s conceptions represent the convergence point between the new ways of life and the collective memory. They are the fulfilment of his desire to design respectable furniture for free individuals. A characteristic element of his research is the obviousness of the lines obtained. 
 

• > 2008
• Salon Maison Passion Annecy, FR
• Stockholm Furniture Fair, Stockholm, SE
• Imm Koln, Koln, GE
• > 2007
• Designed in brussels, BE
• Jong designer, Gallery Design Vlaanderen, BE
• Design September, Brussels, BE
  Rediscover the Mosquito chair and other Bihain’s works during the Designer’s Open Doors in Brussels 15-16 September.
  Guest designer: Defact studio presenting the KGP, Kiss Guide Package and other piece of design.

• The New Belgian Design, Waterland Museum, Neederlands
• Mobiliers V, La Châtaigneraie, BE
• Decorative arts and design of the 20 and 21 centuries, Pierre Bergè, BE
• Interzum, DE
• Salon Satellite, Milan Furniture Fair, IT

• Blanc de banc, Liege, BE

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• > 2006
• Biennal International Design, Saint-Etienne, France
• Designbrussels, 'stand of the French community', Brussels, BE
• Design made 2006, Seoul, KR

• Parcours de Stylistes, Brussels, BE

• 100% Design, London Furniture Fair, UK

• Addict lab shop, Hasselt, BE
• Exhibitions 'Couleur', Liege, BE

• Maison & objet, now design, Paris, France
• Salon Satellite, Milan Furniture Fair, IT

• Passagen, Cologne, DE, 2005

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• > 2005
• Maison & objet, now design, Paris, France
• Designbrussels, Brussels, BE,

• Bel appétit, Liege, BE
• SIDIM, Montreal, Canada,

• Salon Satellite, Milan Furniture Fair, IT,

• SFEER, Gand, BE,

• Paris Furniture Fair, France,
• Z33, 'living in motion', Hasselt, BE

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• > 2004
• Brussels Furniture Fair 'SQUARE', Brussels, BE

• Design 2004, Liege, BE
• Design for Europe, Courtray, BE
• Exposure of the prizes winner of the Price Young Artists, Brussels, BE
• Fuorisalone, Milan Furniture Fair, IT
• Parcours d'artistes, Brussels, BE
• Paris Furniture Fair, France

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• > 2003
• 100% Design, London Furniture Fair, UK

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• > 2002
• Focus on the Belgian design, Jodoigne, BE
• Salon Bois et Habitat, Liege, BE
• Exhibitions 'A table, design in Wallonia, BE

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• > 2001
• Maison des métiers d'arts de liege, BE

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• > 2000
• Design for Europe, Courtray, BE
• Maison des métiers d'arts de liège, BE
• young creators, S.P.I.+, Liege, BE

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• > 1999
• Maison des métiers d'arts de liège, BE

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• > 1998
• Design for Europe, Courtray, BE
• young creators, S.P.I.+, Liege, BE

• > 2008
• Elle Decoration, UK
• map magazine, AU
• NPmagazine, IT
• Maison actuelle, FR
• Feeling Wonen, BE
• Forum AID, SE
• Playboy, SL
• Monocle, UK
• Bargiornale, IT
• Feeling Wonen, BE
• Monocle, GB
• Forum AID, SE
• Casa Claudia, PT
• MD magazine, BG
• Gaël maison, BE
• Bravacasa, IT
• Style Mag, GR
• De dining experience, IT
• Bravacasa magazine, BG
• Gaël maison, BE
• FRAAI magazine
• The Bulletin, BE
• Public design, KO
• Ecofabulous, US
• ARCH, US
• Majstor, HR
• The Bulletin
• Style magazine, US
• plaza koti, FI
• Maison Francaise, TK
• MAX, UK
• MARU, KR
• DESIGN BIMONTHLY, TW
• The Wave Magazine
• maison francaise TK
• RUM, Swedish architectural, SE
• Vivienda y Decoracion, IT
• Kitchens, IT
• Designrepublic, IT
• PLanet Magazine, USA
• > 2007
• Eigenhuis & interior, NL
• Gaël maison, BE
• trend magazine, BE
• CASARESART, IT
• map magazine, UK
• Azure Magazine, CA
• Catchy, BE
• Het nieuwsblad, BE
• Frame Magazine, NL
• Ottagono, IT
• annabelle, CH
• Deco idée, BE
• NRWZ, DE
• Fengshang Weekly Magazine, CH
• PLanet Magazine, SC
• Extérieurs design magazine, FR
• FRAME, NL
• Agenda, BE
• trend magazine, BE
• nP Magazine, IT
• Flaia, IT
• ABRODE, US
• El Mundo, ESP
• Casaviva México, MX
• modern home, CH
• A vivre, FR
• Wallpaper, UK
• Femina, SW
• InDesign magazine
• egg magazine, CH
• MONITOR magazine, RU
• Eigen Huis & Interieur, NL
• FEMINA, SE
• L'événement, BE
• Wallpaper, UK
• INTERNI, IT
• Estilo Mexico, MEX
• Surface Magazine, US
• All great Design 2006, TH
• 101 Livingideas, NL
• Icon Magazine, UK
• Kontrast, SL
• Ambientes, DE
• Tribune, BE
• Knack Weekend, BE
• Le Soir, BE
• Victoire, BE
• Add Lib, UK
• Select Magazine, IR
• Codigo 06140, PT
• Bravacasa, BG
• Casamica-Corriere della Sera, IT
• Surface Magazine, USA
• Vimagazino, GR
• Feeling Wonen/Gael Maison, BE
• IYD, IND
• young designers section, BU
• Egg Magazine, CH
• The Home, CH
• MAX Ukraine, UK
• Dezeen, UK
• Wohn!Design, GR
• Icon Magazine, UK
• Frame Mag, May, HO
• Rooi Rose Magazine, SA
• Evening Standard, April, UK
• Design magazine Yanko Design, JP
• ELLE Decoration, April, BE
• The Home Magazine, BG
• Hicomm, BG
• Hi-fi, BG
• Calimero, April, SE
• La Mia Casa, March n°200, p.17, IT
• Prestige House, February n°1, p. 24, PL
• Taburet magazine, RU
• Interior+Design magazine, RU
• Standard, UK
• Cosmopolitan, CN
• Corriere della sera, IT

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• > 2006
• Wallpaper, UK
• Eccelso, France
• Public Art, November, 002, p.22, KR
• MARU, November, vol 56, p.35, KR
• ARTE news, September, BE
• Le jour, September, BE
• Interior world, vol52, p.190-193, KR
• Le jour, June, BE
• Décor, BE-NL
• Textile magazine, October, BE
• Designmade2006, KR
• Déco idées, BE
• Feeling Wonen, BE
• View Point, UK
• House and Garden, UK
• Architects' Journal, UK
• Casa D, IT
• SN magazine, Spirit, BE
• Spirit, BE
• DDN, IT
• Ambient, SI
• Elle Interior, NO
• View Point, UK
• La Mia Casa, IT
• Vogue Women, FR
• Figaro, France
• CarPlus Magazine, CN
• CasaInternational, CN
• Glamour, IT
• Casainternational, CN
• Ark magazine, RU

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• > 2005
• Young European Designers, p. 70 to 73, daab editions
• Villas, n°70, BE
• Plus Design, KR
• Elle Decor, IT
• Home&Style, DE
• PI magazine, BE
• Weekend Knack, BE
• Raum and Wohmen, DE
• Wall paper, UK

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• > 2004
• Apple Daily Limited, CN
• Textile Magazine, november, BE
• BOX, IT
• Gaëlle Maison, october, BE
• Le Vif l'express, october, BE
• Déco idées, january, BE
• Je vais construire, BE

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• > 2003
• Hogares magazine, ES
• Dobre Wnetrze, PL
• Art+décor, TC
• B+L, Sweden
• Country Homes, TC
• Dwell Magazine, US
• Forma interiors, IE

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• > 2002
• La Meuse, BE
• Le Jour, BE

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• > 2001
• Prov-liege, BE
• Publi-Hebdo, BE
• Le Vif l'express, BE

• > Plastic, Edition Christian Campos, ES, 2008
• > Belgium news architecure 4, Edition Prisme, 2007
• > Parck Design / Innovative Urban Furniture for parks, Edition Stichting Kunstboek, Promateria & Bruxelles Environement, 2007
• > Young European Designers, p. 70 to 73, daab editions