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A chair for two, with two snake heads
The work this post covers and every source it draws on, each linked to the original.
The workVis à vis (Melyssa Lim), on the Dutch Design Week 2026 programme ddw.nlImages, slide by slide
- Slide 1
- Close view of a curved steel tube ending in a cast brass snake head with an open mouthPhoto: Tamara RuibalMuseum or journal record
- Slide 2
- The steel tube chair on a concrete floor, two seats of translucent sheet set between looping tubes, with small brass snake headsPhoto: Tamara RuibalMuseum or journal record
- Slide 3
- Step diagram: standard round tube is cut, the pieces are rotated, they are joined by two kinds of welding and brazing, and the snake heads are cast in brassImage: RN Collins studio, code-drawn. Checked against Dutch Design Week programme page and press kit 2362, Vis à vis, Melyssa Lim
- Slide 4
- Timeline diagram: a dream in summer 2019, years of tube work, and the finished chair shown at Building TT during Dutch Design Week 2026Image: RN Collins studio, code-drawn. Checked against Dutch Design Week press kit 2362 (maker's text); DDW programme page
- Ring frame
- Snake, lizard, frog and mouse, Rijksmuseum (BK-2009-79)Frame: Rijksmuseum, PD, croppedMuseum or journal record