max lamb scrap poly + copper furniture for commissioned

‘scrap poly furniture’ bench image © designboom

the latest work of british industrial designer max lamb is being presented at commissioned, an exhibition currently happening during milan design week 2010. amongst his pieces is ‘scrap poly furniture’ whereby a process of destruction is used to create a chair, stool and bench. here a variety of simple tools are used to make the furniture manually. the piece are carved and the soft tactile polyurethane rubber finish is applied on top.

construction of ‘polychair’

‘scrap poly furniture’ long bench image © designboom

detail image © designboom

chair and small side table image © designboom

lamb’s collection of copper dinnerware and furniture is born from his fascination with creating hollow copper structures. the series began as he sculpted a chair by hand in hard modeling wax that softens as it warms up. the model was then covered with a conductive silver spray followed by a process whereby he bathed the piece in a container of aqueous copper. once immersed in the welter, the nano-crystalline particles acquired a thin film of pure copper around the wax core, which was eventually melted away in low wax casting. the result was a hollow design that was lightweight yet strong. taking from that experience, the same physical process is translated to the rest of his copper collection.

‘commissioned’ is group exhibition including the collective work of simon hasan, ben jones, max lamb, kwangho lee, robert loughlin and peter marigold. although, they all have different backgrounds and origins, their work is tied by their application of unusual materials.

max lamb scrap poly + copper furniture for commissioned

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