Fantastic Plastic, But Not Really
By Christa TerryNo, they’re not models. Not entirely plastic, either, even though they look rather like something that came out of an injection molding factory. Jasper Van Grootel‘s Fantastic Plastic furniture collection is in fact classic furniture pieces coated in soft RealSkin rubber.

I can’t say whether the chairs and sofas are nice to sit on, but I do know that their coating allows them to be used both indoors and out. You can finally fulfill your dream of bringing indoor furniture outdoors!

Each is available in a whole palette of colors…
The designer Jasper van Grootel, founder of JSPR, keeps expanding the collection every year with new furniture and accessories, completely covered with a thick layer of rubber! The quality of the rubber has now reached its highest level yet because of the new production techniques at JSPR Production. The rubber feels soft and is very flexible and therefore more durable. Any combination of colours is possible.
And all Fantastic Plastic pieces are individually crafted by the artist.

Any combination? Really? Yes. Besides the 18 standard colors one can choose from, there are apparently an infinite number of custom colors (had for a fee, of course). I’ll take the sofa in the dark pink, thanks!
September 26th, 2009 at 10:48 am
What do you mean? They’re not plastic or they’re not fantastic??
September 28th, 2009 at 4:30 pm
Dear lord those are ugly! I can accept them as some kind of art, but I can’t ever imagine putting one in my house. It’s barely one step better than covering your couches in plastic sheets.
October 4th, 2009 at 9:58 pm
RealSkin, like in RealDolls? EWWWW