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A Surprising Chair-Within-a-Chair, Made of HIMACS

The Light Block Chair, by Christian Flindt

By Rain Noe - October 4, 2023

in Furniture Design

This cheeky Light Block Chair is by Danish architect and industrial designer Christian Flindt.

The chairs aren't in production, and were made for an exhibition.

They're made of an architectural material I'd never heard of before: Something called HIMACS, which manufacturer LX Hausys says "is composed of minerals, acrylic and natural pigments that…provide a durable, smooth, non-porous and visually seamless surface." (LX Hausys, by the way, is a spin-off company from LG Chem; they're Korea's largest building materials manufacturer.)

"HIMACS is durable, it can be shaped by a thermoforming process, and thanks to its huge colour spectrum and translucent properties can help to achieve outstanding and colourful designs. HIMACS uses a simple heating process to give three-dimensional thermoforming capabilities, allows visually seamless designs, offers a virtually limitless range of colours and – for some shades - exhibits a special translucency when exposed to light."

"Although HIMACS is almost as robust as stone, it can be worked in a similar way as wood: it can be sawn, routed, drilled or sanded. HIMACS is available in sheets of different dimensions and thicknesses."

You can learn more about the stuff here.

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This is basically Corian, but just under a different name to Dupont's better known trademarked material. It has all the same traits and early 2000's aesthetic (remember ALL kitchens made from about 2002 to 2012 and advertised in your favourite design magazines?). You can also find similar products from LG and other brands. Its still a very popular material for kitchen tops, bathrooms and restaurants or bars. It is too heavy for most furniture applications so usually only used for top surfaces on side-boards or tables. It is very hard wearing so usually you mold the final form you need, including attached sinks or hardware. In practice it is not a super clean result to cut or mill too much in my experience, there is often a lighter colour to the machined edge.

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  Could you flame polish the cut faces?
  
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