Hungarian design brand Sekhina has made a series of light switches and plug sockets from concrete as an aesthetically pleasing alternative to plastic.
Billed as the first of their kind, Sekhina founder Gábor Kasza made the concrete covers for switches and sockets after not being able to find any similar products made from the material.
"Concrete switches and sockets had to exist already ? or so we thought initially; it seemed such an obvious idea, but we couldn't find them anywhere," said Kasza.
"We thought they would look and feel fantastic, so we created them," he added. "You can now find the very first completely concrete cover of switches and sockets, made from only silicates ? more sustainable and more beautiful."
Initially drawn to the "fair-faced" complexion of concrete surfaces and objects, Kasza began developing the covers as part of his exploration of the material. He wanted to try to find a way to make light switches and sockets something that people don't want to conceal.
"A piece of plastic on the wall can be bizarre, sometimes quite terrible," he explained. "Interior designers very often try to hide switches and sockets as they blunt the general aesthetics of their work, but they're functional useful objects."
"If we have to search for a long time to find them and posture freaky poses to use them ? that's not too comfortable. The answer is concrete."

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