Studio Samuel Tomatis

Studio Samuel Tomatis
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2016

This seat is the outcome of several craft and semi-industrial recipes developed in the workshop and laboratory. It is a demonstrator that tests and validates the technical and aesthetic capabilities of the material. The object results from combining a natural binder with various species of seaweed, which here replace glass fibre and play a specific role in the structure of this composite material. The industrial process best suited to this bioplastic is injection moulding. Recycling the biocomposites by shredding, grinding and sieving would make it possible to recover some of the fibres, which could then be injected into a thermoplastic again.

Materials Green, red and brown seaweed
Dimensions 49 x 39 x 80 cm
Weight 5 kg
Acquisition Centre Pompidou
Images Matthieu Barani, Studio Samuel Tomatis
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Front view

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Rear view

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Brittany

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Material samples

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Manufacturing

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Ulva

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Sargassum

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Fucus

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Sample milling

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Milling

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Seat detail

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Backrest detail

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Backrest detail

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Material samples

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Seat detail

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Seat