Stories

 

Copenhagen, Denmark

Bespoke chair in pre-loved textiles

Vipp Bespoke Martine 01

Inside a small Copenhagen workshop where forgotten fabrics become vivid art pieces and where old stories find new purpose, Danish artist Martine Myrup works with reclaimed textiles like vintage tablecloths, patterned remnants, and passed-down materials. Fabrics that once lived everyday lives now take on new forms in her artistic universe.

Inside a small Copenhagen workshop where forgotten fabrics become vivid art pieces and where old stories find new purpose, Danish artist Martine Myrup works with reclaimed textiles like vintage tablecloths, patterned remnants, and passed-down materials. Fabrics that once lived everyday lives now take on new forms in her artistic universe.

Spring Flyingmartine

 

 

Martine is known for her tactile, figurative works - in recent years often populated by animals that serve as a visual language in her artwork. She describes her practice as one where material leads the way. “The material always decides. It tells me what shape it wants to take. I follow its logic, even when it feels unpredictable.” This intuition also shaped the patchwork pattern for a bespoke Swivel chair.

Vipp Bespoke Martine 04

 

 

Martine is known for her tactile, figurative works - in recent years often populated by animals that serve as a visual language in her artwork. She describes her practice as one where material leads the way. “The material always decides. It tells me what shape it wants to take. I follow its logic, even when it feels unpredictable.” This intuition also shaped the patchwork pattern for a bespoke Swivel chair.

“There is something deeply moving about old textiles. They carry marks of time, traces of care, and stories that deserve a second life.”

 

– MARTINE MYRUP

 

 

From her workshop, a sensuous space filled with colour-sorted fabrics, craft tools, and delicate sculptures, Martine set out to personalise the Vipp Swivel chair in her own language. As a sculptor, she is accustomed to thinking in three dimensions; every angle matters, every side must hold its own. This sculptural mindset proved essential when tailoring a chair designed to be turned, seen, and used from all directions.

From her workshop, a sensuous space filled with colour-sorted fabrics, craft tools, and delicate sculptures, Martine set out to personalise the Vipp Swivel chair in her own language. As a sculptor, she is accustomed to thinking in three dimensions; every angle matters, every side must hold its own. This sculptural mindset proved essential when tailoring a chair designed to be turned, seen, and used from all directions.

Vipp Bespoke Martine 04 Crop

Her bespoke Swivel chair was created using two vintage tablecloths: a Swedish/Danish orange checked cloth and a floral textile sourced from Ohio, the home state of Martine’s husband. The combination forms a new kind of star motif, a patchwork that plays with scale, rhythm, and contrast.

 

 

 

“Those two fabrics had completely different voices. One was bold and graphic, the other softer and more romantic. I wanted them to meet, almost collide, to create something with visual tension.”

 

 

 

Patchwork is one of Martine’s signature methods - a way of dismantling and reassembling materials so their former identities remain only partly visible. Textures that could easily have felt mismatched become something elevated and humorous.

 

Vipp Bespoke Martine 02

Her bespoke Swivel chair was created using two vintage tablecloths: a Swedish/Danish orange checked cloth and a floral textile sourced from Ohio, the home state of Martine’s husband. The combination forms a new kind of star motif, a patchwork that plays with scale, rhythm, and contrast.

 

 

 

“Those two fabrics had completely different voices. One was bold and graphic, the other softer and more romantic. I wanted them to meet, almost collide, to create something with visual tension.”

 

 

 

Patchwork is one of Martine’s signature methods - a way of dismantling and reassembling materials so their former identities remain only partly visible. Textures that could easily have felt mismatched become something elevated and humorous.

 

Vipp Bespoke Martine 03

“I like leaving hints of what the fabric once was, but never fully revealing it. I want the viewer to wonder. That sense of mystery gives the textile a new life.” 

 

 

 

 

Her customised Vipp Swivel chair carries this idea forward. In Martine’s hands, a functional object becomes a collage of personal stories shaped by the fabric she works with. A familiar shape reimagined with individual expression.

 

Her customised Vipp Swivel chair carries this idea forward. In Martine’s hands, a functional object becomes a collage of personal stories shaped by the fabric she works with. A familiar shape reimagined with individual expression.

 

Vipp 453 Swivel+ Camel Studio Desk Ocean Grey Detail 01
Discover the Swivel chair
Vippchairseries Alicegao 0023
Meet Alice Gao