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2003

Polyurethane, polystyrene, fabric

I started thinking about the mould primarily as a container that holds a material together, but that doesn’t have to define its form. Instead of using steel, I've worked with more flexible materials like Lycra and PVC that will deform when the foam inside is expanding (± 20 times it's volume in just 60 seconds!). The shape of the chair therefore is not completely predictable and every seat will be different.
Inside the flexible mould a fabric cover is placed which is hugely oversized so that every time the foam is injected the chair can go its own way producing all the wrinkles in a random fashion. Once all the foam is injected the mould is closed and the pressure of the expanding foam builds up and forms the chair.