tom price: PE stripe meltdown chair at design miami basel 2011
<p>the colorful seat is formed by melting bright plastic woven rugs into a mould. </p>
‘PE stripe meltdown chair’ by tom price
‘PE stripe meltdown chair’ by british designer tom price is a work typical to his use of unconventional materials and methods. price invented a heated metal chair-shaped tool to press into a stack of colorful woven plastic rugs on a solid stainless steel frame. the rugs are set in the shape of the mould, cooling into the finished product. presented by industry gallery at design miami 2011, the ‘PE stripe meltdown chair’ is a prototype for the melted chair series as price intends to create multiple works with the heated chair tool.
side perspective of the ‘PE stripe meltdown chair’
top view
‘I like to think of myself as working in collaboration with materials, processes and phenomena and that the final physical outcome is a product of mutual consent.’ -tom price
side view
detailed view
the piece is comprised of melted plastic
