Grow Your Own Furniture with These Pop-Up Sponge Designs — Colossal



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A group of commercial designers prototyped a furnishings assortment that dramatically transforms from flat sheets into absolutely practical objects, no instruments required.

Taking Gaetano Pesce’s spectacular “Up 5” chair as a place to begin, Under Pressure Solutions (UPS) is an experimental analysis venture helmed by industrial designers and ÉCAL academics Camille Blin, Christophe Guberan, Anthony Guex, Chris Kabel, and Julie Richoz. The group acknowledged the rampant demand for on-line commerce and subsequent transport processes that, for furnishings, was typically cumbersome, costly, and wasteful given the dimensions and bulk of the merchandise.

As a substitute, they produced a line of stools, chairs, wine racks, and extra from cellulose sponge that may be squashed and dried flat, generally sufficiently small to suit into an everyday envelope. The biodegradable materials prompts with water and expands ten instances its measurement. As soon as dry, it hardens into its ultimate kind and is extra sturdy than different plastic-based foams. Because the furnishings bows or dips with use, a sprig of water permits the fabric to spring again to a extra strong place.

UPS departs from the particle board and plastics typically seen at huge field shops. Throughout a two-year analysis course of, the designers examined 56 supplies earlier than selecting cellulose sponge made with vegetal fibers, sodium sulphate crystals, softeners, and wooden pulp. After numerous manufacturing and sustainability exams, the group produced 16 distinctive objects from pendant lights and cabinets to chairs and low desk bases.

The venture was lately on view for Milan Design Week, and you may be taught extra about making course of on the UPS site.



Picture by Younes Klouche

Picture by Younes Klouche

Picture by Jasmine Deporta

Picture by Jasmine Deporta

Picture by Jasmine Deporta

Picture by Jasmine Deporta

Picture by Jasmine Deporta

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#Under Pressure Solutions

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