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What comes after Concrete Curtains (huh?) and Inflatable Houses (huh?). German designer Alexa Lixfeld shows us with Creacrete.
Creacrete is a concrete based material which is highly dense making it possible to create filigree and thin-walled objects out of concrete. Unlike usual ceramics, Alexa uses the novel aesthetics of Creacrete for the design of tableware. Special processing makes it possible to achieve this glossy surface which is new to concrete. A nano-scale coating makes the cups and plates hydrophobic and food safe.
Last year, Creacrete has been recognized with the iF concept award - reason enough for Alexa to continue her concrete explorations. Let's hope we'll be the first to know if she updates her tableware with "concrete cutlery?"
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Why?! How is this better than ceramics? I don't recall my coffee mugs needing 'a nano-scale' coating to make them 'hydrophobic and food safe'. Besides, isn't the manufacture of concrete mix really energy intensive?
The designer's claim is not that concrete is better than ceramics, but that it's a possible and highly customizable alternative to ceramics. Coating and finish vary depending on function and eventual usage of design pieces - the possibilities are manyfold and very interesting (and challenging).
Besides, these pieces are poured in a cold process. This, in turn, allows for different thickness in an object. You couldn't achieve this easily and cost-effective with ceramics, because the risk of cracking during burning is higher than with concrete in a cold-pour process, isn't it.
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I agree with that matter,special processing makes it possible to achieve that glossy surface which is new to concrete.
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