rocky assortment by ryota akiyama
Mashiko-based designer and artist Ryota Akiyama presents ROCKY, a group of furnishings objects manufactured from urethane foam. By tearing up and making use of a particular paint to the fabric, Akiyama creates a rock-like sequence of blocks recalling a chair, desk, and bench. Whereas retaining the impression of a primitive rock floor, the softness of the urethane foam stimulates the person’s visible and tactile sense. ‘Rocks have totally different expressions when they’re damaged, relying on their formation course of and atmosphere. It’s the historical past contained in rocks, and knowledge that permits us to find out about previous eras,’ shares the designer.
all photos courtesy Ryota Akiyama
tearing up and portray urethane foam as furnishings blocks
The distinctive silhouette and texture of every design object formed by Ryota Akiyama (see extra right here) relies on a number of elements — particularly the quantity of power used when breaking the urethane foam and the person variations within the cavities that happen when making the froth. By restoring the cross-sections to their authentic shapes, or altering the way in which they’re stacked and organized, they can be utilized as fixtures or benches, and by altering the composition, Akiyama can create purposeful objects like chairs.
ROCKY chair manufactured from urethane foam
making a primitive-like object, wealthy in texture
alluding to how rocks have totally different expressions when they’re damaged
close-up shot of the rugged texture
deployment state
technique of breaking urethane foam
portray course of
