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Slab foam is the most common type of polyurethane foam you'll find in furniture, and it gets its name from the mass-produced slabs from which it's cut to go under the fabric on your chair.

Self-assembling foam chair expands right before your eyes. by Matt Brian. Via CNET ... Back in 1969, designer Gaetano Pesce discovered he could vacuum-seal polyurethane foam to fit furniture into ...

Fossil fuel-based polyurethane foam has been a firm favourite in furniture manufacturing for over half a century. Jane Englefield investigates the material.

Promotion: Swiss furniture brand Vitra has announced the development of a world-first easily recyclable polyurethane foam, developed in partnership with chemicals company BASF. Titled V-Foam, the ...

One of the Rethink Softly chairs, Koza, includes a recyclable though still plastic-based foam alternative called Aircore in its soft seat, but Koens hopes that a future version might be made ...

Carl de Smet’s smart foam chairs assemble themselves from squished to sit-able, as soon as you take them out of the box. Keep clicking to see the process in action. Marta Mo.

Gram for gram, novel carbon nanofiber-filled coatings outperformed conventional flame retardants used in the polyurethane foam of upholstered furniture chairs, and mattresses by at least 160 ...

Slab foam is the most common type of polyurethane foam you'll find in furniture, and it gets its name from the mass-produced slabs from which it's cut to go under the fabric on your chair.