Stephen Johnson's Play-Doh-like substance offers a fun alternative to glue
London designer Stephen Johnson has developed a colourful adhesive dough that is strong enough to bond parts of furniture together.
The synthetic dough, called PLAY, is designed to look like children's modelling toy Play-Doh, but to function as a strong adhesive. It can be used to bond a range of materials, including wood, glass, marble and metal.
Johnson developed the product after trying and failing to use toy dough in the manufacture of his own furniture designs.
"The objective was to design functional products using kids dough, but given its soft nature it's just not feasible," he told Dezeen. "I needed a material that looked and behaved in the same way but became rigid over time."
"There were several products on the market that came close but ultimately fell short on the key characteristics of kids dough, like its silky texture and satisfying feeling when squashed in the hand," he continued. "It was vital to capture these intrinsic properties but with the added benefit of curing incredibly hard. So my only option was to develop the material myself."
The designer has spent five years developing his PLAY dough. He is keeping quiet about the exact recipe used, but says it is a hybrid of synthetic and organic matter.
The substance is designed to be easy to mould, but to also have an "instant grab" once stuck to something. He hopes it will instil the creative freedom of children in other designers.
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