Nick Valentijn Side Table
Designer:
Nick Valentijn
The Nick Valentijn Side Table is shaped freehand in brass and finished with a light hand-applied patina that gives the surface a soft, buttery depth. Its slightly elongated proportions create a subtle tension, balanced by sturdy, irregular legs that recur throughout Valentijn’s work as a familiar structural motif. A single drawer lined in charred oak using the traditional shou sugi ban technique introduces contrast in texture and tone, while traces of the maker’s gestures remain visible across the polished surface, lending the piece a distinct sculptural character.
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The Nick Valentijn Side Table is shaped freehand in brass and finished with a light hand-applied patina that gives the surface a soft, buttery depth. Its slightly elongated proportions create a subtle tension, balanced by sturdy, irregular legs that recur throughout Valentijn’s work as a familiar structural motif. A single drawer lined in charred oak using the traditional shou sugi ban technique introduces contrast in texture and tone, while traces of the maker’s gestures remain visible across the polished surface, lending the piece a distinct sculptural character.
Please contact us at custom-made@thecollectional.com to explore further.
Nick Valentijn
Netherlands
Nick Valentijn is a Dutch designer working at the intersection of sculpture, improvisation, and material language. A 2024 graduate of the Maastricht Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Valentijn approaches metal not as a fixed medium, but as a collaborator: responsive, resistant, never entirely predictable.
Form emerges through making rather than preplanning. His process begins with loose sketches so immediate they border on automatic, minimal gestures that capture just enough to suggest a shape, where proportions are felt rather than measured and irregularities held rather than corrected.
