Bubbling forms of silicone foam cover the furniture pieces in Chinese studio Lewu's Borrowing for Birth collection, which was launched at Design Shanghai this month.
To create the collection of tables and stools, the studio covered second-hand furniture pieces with a viscous liquid solution that releases hydrogen and bubbles to form a silicone foam.
Lewu unveiled a collection of silicone foam-covered furniture at Design Shanghai
The erratic nature of the coloured liquid as it foams and hardens to form a frothy shell creates an organic jumble of shades and textures.
"The natural growth of the silicone material brings unpredictability to the results," said Lewu.
The studio applies a viscous liquid that releases hydrogen and bubbles up to form a foam The studio gathered abandoned furniture found at second-hand markets near their base in Hangzhou to form the structure of their designs.
"Furniture is constantly replaced and abandoned in people's lives. They become garbage and useless in the waste market," Lewu told Dezeen. "We're trying to give new life to wasted things, to reflect on what it is, to help people take a new look at abandoned objects."
The foam hardens to create a frothy outer shell with a distinctive texture
Presented at this year's Design Shanghai, which took place between 6 and 9 March, the Borrowing for Birth collection aims to explore the relationship between materials and nature.
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