Fractall, a Belgian studio, designed Foam Bench using two contrasting materials: white pigmented concrete and extruded aluminum tubes. The concrete base carries a textured surface created through direct contact with styrofoam plate molds during casting. This process transfers the styrofoam's cellular pattern onto the hardened concrete, leaving a rough, tactile finish.

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The seating surface consists of aluminum tubes, extruded and machined to a smooth finish. The polished metal sits on the textured concrete supports, creating a material contrast between industrial precision and cast roughness. Color pigments mixed into the white concrete offer customization options for the base elements.

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Foam Bench demonstrates how manufacturing processes can become visible design features. The styrofoam mold leaves its mark on the final piece, turning a temporary forming material into permanent surface texture.