These designers are making carpets by squirting liquid foam out of a syringe

January 8, 2016

These Colorful Carpets Are Made From Soft Foam

 

Rotterdam-based designers Ward van Gemert and Adriaan van der Ploeg, of design studio NIGHTSHOP, have created the Showdown Carpets, an interesting collection of art made from foam, whose end result is similar to a carpet, however the designers mention “they’re more objects without a clear use”.

 

These Colorful Carpets Are Made From Soft Foam

Using syringes filled with custom colored liquid urethane foam, they gently squeeze out the foam into the desired shape and pattern.

These Colorful Carpets Are Made From Soft Foam

Once the foam expands and dries, it sticks to the piece next to it, and makes the entire piece of work become one.

These Colorful Carpets Are Made From Soft Foam

Here is a close-up of the foam.

These Colorful Carpets Are Made From Soft Foam

They’re on a mission to create 10 pieces (currently they have 7), which will be exhibited in April, at the Robert van Oosterom gallery in Rotterdam.

These Colorful Carpets Are Made From Soft Foam

Here are some examples of the other pieces they’ve created.

These Colorful Carpets Are Made From Soft Foam


These Colorful Carpets Are Made From Soft Foam


These Colorful Carpets Are Made From Soft Foam


These Colorful Carpets Are Made From Soft Foam


These Colorful Carpets Are Made From Soft Foam


These Colorful Carpets Are Made From Soft Foam


These Colorful Carpets Are Made From Soft Foam