Plastic Laminate: Cheap Materials as Protagonists

A set of Memphis furniture wrapped in plastic laminate. The surface is high-gloss laminate, in saturated lemon yellow, turquoise, or fluorescent pink, or printed with speckles and plaid patterns; the edges of the panels are thin and right-angled, clearly showing they are applied layers. This material, originally used for kitchen and office furniture, is here treated as the primary expressive material. Avoid: using solid wood and natural stone, making the panel edges thick to pretend they are solid, using low-chroma panel colors, making the surface matte.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一組以塑膠層板包覆的孟菲斯家具。表面是高光的美耐板,顏色是飽和的檸檬黃、土耳其藍或螢光粉,或是印著碎點與格紋的圖案;板材的邊緣是薄的直角,看得出是貼上去的一層。這種材料原本用在廚房與辦公家具上,在這裡被當成主要的表現材料。避免:使用實木與天然石材、把層板的邊緣包厚假裝實心、使用低彩度的層板顏色、讓表面是霧面的。