‘foam party’ chairs by martijn rigters image © designboom
design student martijn rigters, of the netherlands, has developed the flexible seating system ‘foam party’. designboom visited his installation showcased within the royal academy of art, the hague (KABK) exhibition ‘the shepherds of stuff’ during milan design week 2012. for his furniture project, rigters has created a system through which personal chairs are formed through the use of a quickly expanding foam filling added to an adaptable base. we watched as rigters formed a seat fit precisely to the dimensions of a volunteer from the audience.
this demonstration exemplifies rigters’ perception of a new mass production. in this modified efficiency, no two objects would be exactly identical if an adaptable molding technique was introduced to production technology. the designer has created a method through which made-to-measure seating could be output through a rapid fabrication system involving the human as a living mold and fifteen minutes for the furniture piece to be completed.
‘seat yourself’ installation of ‘foam party’ by martijn rigters, 2012 image © designboom
mixing the foam filling image © designboom
a volunteer sits in the chair while rigters prepares the mould image © designboom
filling the adaptable mould with the foam image © designboom
checking the mould image © designboom
raw material image © designboom
waiting for the foam to set image © designboom
removing the mould image © designboom
the final product! image © designboom
installation view of martijn rigters’ ‘foam party’ during milan design week 2012 image © designboom
‘martijn rigters – foam party’ by studio and thevideomatic
