Dutch designer Paul Coenen has presented a new collection of furniture and lighting that was presented during Dutch Design Week. The products use plastic film wrapped around the silhouettes to create a wrinkled pattern on top of the anodized aluminum surface. The designer experimented with this after seeing the possibility of creating patterned aluminum surfaces when seeing a gradient sample by BWB Surface Technology.
He used a hand-dyeing process to color a coffee table and lamp, followed by a stool. Coenen speaks about the design concept behind the furniture to Dezeen, sharing "The idea behind the shrink-wrap is that applying it onto the wet dye makes the dye flow into the creases. Outside of the creases the dye is pushed away. Where more dye stays; in the crease, the aluminium gets a deeper, darker colour."
Image Credit: Paul Coenen
What's Driving This Trend
- Innovative Material Applications
- Exploring unique materials like wrinkled plastic film offers new possibilities for aesthetics in furniture design.
- Textural Aesthetic Exploration
- The use of textured wrapping techniques on metal surfaces introduces a novel approach to achieving complex visual designs.
- Sustainable Design Techniques
- Utilizing hand-dyeing processes with shrink-wrap presents environmentally friendly alternatives to traditional surface finishing.
Who This Affects Most
- Furniture Design
- Incorporating unconventional materials such as wrinkled plastic film allows designers to create visually appealing and unique furniture pieces.
- Interior Lighting
- Applying innovative surface patterns to lighting fixtures enhances both the functional and decorative aspects available to interior environments.
- Surface Finishing Technologies
- Advancements in the methods used for dye application and material wrapping can lead to broader adoption in diverse industries prioritizing custom aesthetics.
