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Unpølished by Dik Scheepers
Dutch designer Dik Scheepers mixed discarded paper with cement to cast this series of furniture.
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The material is combined with timber to create a table, chair, stool, desk and two cabinets.
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Scheepers presents the Unpølished project as part of an exhibition called Toegepast 16 at Z33 gallery in Hasselt until 5 February 2012.
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See past exhibitions at Z33 on Dezeen here.
Here's some more information from the designer:
UnPølished
During one of my travels over the internet I came across the material papercrete. I became interested because it seemed so simple to make yourself. In essence you only need paper and cement, mix it together and you have your own made material.
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Wanting to learn more about it I was surprised to find that the materials is already used a lot, but it seemed to me that everyone did the same thing, making blocks and building houses out of them. I wanted to know what I could do with the material, so I started up to work with it to get to know the material.
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Papercrete is still an experimental material and is mostly made from discarded paper. It is low cost, versatile, light weight, but it has bad pouring conditions and takes a very long time to dry. The material feels soft, has a very nice tactility and different kind of papers provide different character.
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For toegepast 16 at z33 I tested and searched for my own recipe and in combination with whitewood I made these experimental furniture collection.
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