Jacob Walls
The Hollow(core) Bench is part of an ongoing body of work exploring how objects can register human presence and carry emotional trace.
Constructed from reclaimed foam offcuts held within a minimal metal framework, the bench allows discarded material to determine its own form, resisting standardised design logic. Rather than concealing its internal structure, the work exposes compression, density, and irregularity as a visible record of past use and transformation.
A thermochromic surface activates through touch, temporarily revealing heat traces that slowly fade, making interaction visible yet impermanent. The bench exists between furniture and sculptural object, functioning as both seating and responsive surface. By foregrounding responsiveness, material memory, and vulnerability, Hollow(core) Bench challenges habitual, unconscious use, proposing objects as active participants in human experience and spatial relationships rather than passive functional objects.
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