Hypercolor Furniture by Designer Jacob Walls

We’ve always been fascinated by color-changing objects, including the trend of ‘hypercolor’ clothing in the 1980s and 90s.

We hadn’t seen it applied to furniture before, however, and find the thermochromic properties pretty exciting.

Designer Jacob Walls has a collection entitled Pangolin, and it uses heat-sensitive pigments to leave ghostly imprints of hands, legs, and bodies on its soft, sculptural surfaces.

The London-based designer uses industrial foam offcuts, usually hidden inside upholstery.

Instead, Walls leaves the foam exposed, hand-dyeing each piece with thermochromic pigments, the same kind of color-changing technology once popularized in Stone Island’s iconic Ice Jackets, or other heat reactive clothing.

Each section of foam is woven through a metal frame, giving the benches their bulbous, protective forms reminiscent of a pangolin’s shell.

Subtle shifts in tone ripple across the surface as the pigments respond to body heat, making the seats feel alive and reactive.

Walls sees the project as both experimental and sustainable. Bringing new life and value to overlooked materials.

The benches’ simple wooden or metal legs keep the focus on the playful, ever-changing colors above.

See more of this fascinating work on Walls’ website.

Images © Copyright Jacob Walls. Used with permission.