Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Superfoam Seat Cast Around Blown-Up & Popped Balloons

Design and craft can be as much (or more) about process as product – certainly the case for this odd hand-crafted chair that owes its shape to a confluence of strange structural circumstances.

Created by Rich Gilbert as an experiment in casting solids around spherical voids (formed by everyday plastic balloons), the result has both solidity and flexibility reflective of its method of making.

“An experiment in redesigning natural structures. SuperFoam is a re-creation of naturally

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