Série de fauteuils « Meltdown » créé par la chauffe et la fonte de divers matériaux sous la pression d’une forme – Par le designer anglais Tom Price
+ Via Tom Price + Outdoorz Gallery
Meltdown, PP Tube #2
« This second version of the PP Tube Chair tests the strength of the material and process by greatly reducing the amount of tube used.
Whereas the first version had many legs for support, this has just four and many fewer welded joints overall. »
Meltdown, PP Tube
« This chair is created by heating and pressing a seat-shaped former into a stack of common plumbing tubes. The ends of the tubes melt and fuse together as they come into contact with the heated former leaving a pattern of irregular holes on the surface of the moulded seat. »
Meltdown, PVC Hose
« This chair is created by heating and pressing a seat-shaped former into a ball of clear PVC hose. The hose begins to melt as it comes into contact with the heated former and, due to prolonged exposure to the heat it starts to burn. Once cooled the surface of the seat looks charred and brittle but is surprisingly flexible and comfortable to sit on. »
Meltdown Chair, Cable Tie
« This chair is created by heating and pressing a seat-shaped former into a woven ball of approximately 10,000 black nylon cable ties. The ties begin to liquify as they come into contact with the heated former, then set in the shape of the seat as it cools, creating a contrast in form and texture to the remaining ties. No additional material has been added to make the seat – it is made entirely from melted cable ties. »
Meltdown Chair, PP Sheet
« This chair is created by heating and pressing a seat-shaped former into a bundle of crumpled polypropylene sheets. The sheets begin to liquify as they come into contact with the heated former, then set in the shape of the seat as it cools, creating a contrast in form and texture to the remaining sheets. No additional material has been added to make the seat – it is made entirely from melted polypropylene sheet. »
Meltdown, Fleece chairs
« These chairs are part of a series commissioned by Arts Co for the exhibition, ‘From Now to Eternity’, and are made exclusively from discarded polyester fleece clothing.The seat area is created by placing layers of polyester clothing onto a hot steel seat-shaped former. As it heats, the fabric begins to melt, exposing and integrating colours and patterns of the various layers. When cooled the surface is transformed into a rigid, shiny, colourful display of dissolved pattern and colour. From Now To Eternity is a celebration of and debate around design, with a focus on one material: plastic. Plastic is with us virtually from now to eternity: impervious to bacteria, acid, salt, rust, breakage and, in some cases, able to withstand heat, plastic is something of a miracle substance. One hundred years ago, when it was first invented, no one could have anticipated that plastic would present one of our biggest recycling challenges. Pioneering arts consultancy Arts Co commissioned eight leading contemporary designers and design collectives to celebrate plastic through their work and look at ways to re-think our growing mountains of discarded waste. »
Meltdown, PP Blue Rope
« This chair is created by heating and pressing a seat-shaped former into a ball of polypropylene rope. The rope begins to liquify as it comes into contact with the heated former and, as it cools, it sets in the shape of a seat creating a contrast in form and texture to the remaining rope. No additional material has been added to make the seat – it is all made from melted rope. »
