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Florian Schmid's Concrete Canvas Seating

By Rain Noe - August 12, 2011

in Materials | Furniture Design

We last saw Concrete Canvas being used for disaster shelters, and now industrial designer Florian Schmid is experimenting with it for furniture applications.

Concrete Canvas is cement-impregnated fabric that can be shipped flat and hardened into a desired shape by applying water. Twenty-four hours later you've got a durable, fireproof and waterproof item.

For his Stitching Concrete project, Munich-based Schmid has formed the stuff into a series of different stool and bench shapes, building an adjustable wooden rig to hold the material in place while it cures:

Learn more about Concrete Canvas here.

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Rabi Furniture

9 years ago

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tim Rowledge

13 years ago

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This I like. A lot. For outdoor furniture and assorted 'thingies' it would be great.

And anything that increases the market size will likely help make it cheaper for the originally intended emergency use, so double win.
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