<ul><li>Dutch designer Paul Coenen has used plastic film to create a wrinkled pattern on the anodised aluminium surfaces of furniture and lighting pieces.</li><li>Coenen became interested in creating patterned aluminium surfaces after seeing a gradient sample produced by technical coatings specialist BWB Surface Technology.</li><li>He used a specially developed hand-dying process to colour the components of a coffee table and lamp from his Section furniture collection, as well as a stool made from a single piece of folded aluminium.</li><li>The technique involves applying plastic film onto the wet dye to make it flow into the creases, resulting in a deeper, darker colour on the aluminium surfaces.</li></ul>

Paul Coenen adds "shrink-wrap" pattern to aluminium furniture collection

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