Concrete Chesterfield Sofa by Gray Concrete
UK-based Gray Concrete created this concrete Chesterfield sofa for exhibiting at 100% Design London. The sofa is made by taking a mold from a real Chesterfield, which is then used to make a glass textile reinforced casting. The cushions are a part of the casting. Before making the mold, the padding inside the cushions was replaced with a rigid foam which was modeled to make “bum prints.” The molding techniques used by Gray Concrete pick up detail really well so the concrete sofa really looks leathery. There’s even a concrete 50p piece stuck down behind one of the cushions to complete the realistic effect.
Post edited to add more photos.
This is really cool, feel sorry for the person that plops down into it though.
Why?
Because they can!
That’s by *far* the best concrete-duplicate-of-furniture I’ve ever seen. Is it strange that I’ve seen a fair number? I find it a bit strange if I think about it too much…
Huge congrats to Gray Concrete, it looks utterly convincing.
Anyone know of a better image? I wasn’t able to find *any* of this on their site, much less a better one.
This is the only one that I received from the 100% Design team. However, in September during the show we should see more photos emerge.
go here:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/7878618/Sofa-recreated-in-concrete.html
Two words:
Bull Shannon.
Reminds me of Gmod where you can change the material of anything with a click. Very, very realistic!
Wouldn’t you hate that thing bouncing through your cricket game, eh?
Excellent HHGTTG reference.
some photos up on the website finally….
Hi – I am really delighted to discove this. Good job!
Not a good place to nap.