Set in stone: Office interiors made of concrete bubble wrap

Swedish designers Toki Drobnjakovic and Per Sundberg used bubble wrap as a cast for concrete. Within an hour of drying, the duo could choose which bubbles to pop or leave solid, creating a multifaceted surface that can be manipulated to appear fluid despite its concrete nature.

The designers worked with architecture student Noa Ericsson and movie producer Erik Liss to create concrete leaves underneath the office’s staircase, a living wall where plants emerge from the popped bubbles, and an eerie sculpture of a woman, referencing the office’s past.

The combination of seemingly contrasting materials to create a new hybrid is reminiscent of our Industrial Futurism design direction, where designers nod to industrial aesthetics and a future dystopia with jarring juxtapositions and creations.