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Feb 15

C58 Dressing Table by Florian Schmid

Posted in: Cologne 2013, Designed in Hackney, Florian Schmid

This dressing table by London designer Florian Schmid comprises a circular mirror with a two-legged table slicing halfway across it.

C58 Dressing Table by Florian Schmid

The C58 Dressing Table leaves the left-hand side of the mirror free to show the user’s full profile, while the flat surface extending to the right provides storage and display space for bottles and trinkets.

C58 Dressing Table by Florian Schmid

“Through the reflection of the object itself arises the illusion of a bigger and a three-legged table, which also looks like an artificial window,” adds Florian Schmid.

C58 Dressing Table by Florian Schmid

The proportions and composition are echoed in a matching European ash stool and trays for organising small items like jewellery.

C58 Dressing Table by Florian Schmid

Schmid moved to London in August 2012 and is now based at Okay Studio, close to the Dezeen offices in Stoke Newington. We hosted his stools made of fabric impregnated with concrete at Dezeen Platform in 2011.

C58 Dressing Table by Florian Schmid

He presented the C58 Dressing Table and C64 Tray as part of the [D3] Contest for young designers at imm cologne last month. Other pieces on show included fold-out furniture that looks like line drawings and tiles that help a stove disperse heat more rapidly. See all our coverage of design at imm cologne.

C58 Dressing Table by Florian Schmid

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Aug 09

Stitching Concrete by Florian Schmid

Posted in: Florian Schmid

Stitching Concrete by Florian Schmid

Industrial design graduate Florian Schmid made these stools by folding fabric that’s impregnated with cement then drenching it in water.

Stitching Concrete by Florian Schmid

Called Stitching Concrete, the stools are made from a material called Concrete Canvas, which Dezeen featured in 2009.

Stitching Concrete by Florian Schmid

It consists of cement layered between fabric and a PVC backing. Once soaked it can be manipulated for a few hours before hardening.

Stitching Concrete by Florian Schmid

Schmid folds the Concrete Canvas and stitches the edges together with brightly coloured thread, then supports it on a wooden mould while it’s drenched in water and allowed to harden.

Stitching Concrete by Florian Schmid

The finished stools retain the soft appearance of folded fabric but are fireproof, waterproof and strong enough to sit on.

Stitching Concrete by Florian Schmid

Schmid developed the project while studying at the Hochschule München in Germany.

Stitching Concrete by Florian Schmid

Read more about Concrete Canvas, including applications for disaster relief, in our earlier story.

Stitching Concrete by Florian Schmid

The following information is from Florian Schmid:

Stitching Concrete

“Stitching Concrete” is inspired by the contrasts of the Material Concrete Canvas.

Stitching Concrete by Florian Schmid

Once brought in the final shape, you just have to water the material and within 24 hours it will harden out. It combines the warm softness of the cloth and the stability of the cold concrete.

Stitching Concrete by Florian Schmid

The project plays with a visual delusion that actually an 8mm thickness of cloth can not give the strength to sit on.

Stitching Concrete by Florian Schmid

After some first test how to handle the material I tried to approach through different channels like patterns, stitchings, and all kinds of origami. For the final mock-ups thin foam rubber simulated the abilities of the real material as best.

Stitching Concrete by Florian Schmid

A special build wooden rack used as mould gives hold to the material during the watering and drying process. After the stool is harden out it can be removed.

Stitching Concrete by Florian Schmid

The mould is always the same and adjustable to the different heights, lengths and width of the objects.

Stitching Concrete by Florian Schmid

The Stools are for indoor and outdoor use, caused by the material’s durability against UV, fire proofed, water resistant and more.

Stitching Concrete by Florian Schmid

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