Dutch designer Martijn Rigters has developed this sofa by simple slicing foam techniques, originally exclusive for test model production. As the cutting is set along a linear path, the sofa’s principle geometry is a long undulating extrusion, which was manipulated by the artist with each curve informing and flowing into the next.
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Each shift in geometry is controlled by parameters such as temperature, movement and adjusting the wire shape to create a variety of ways to interact with the sofa.
The sofa breaks the scale of typical foam cutting, creating a type of sedimentary geometry from a method that is usually reserved to hand held building models.
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Martijn embraced the cutting method’s semi-unpredictable nature of movement within the wire, to create a furniture which celebrated its own making. The Sofa has been made with a single Block of EPS and after the form was complete, it was painted in the rich red colour, further expressing its artificiality and extrovert nature.
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