PLASTIC FANTASTIC DESK SET
Photograph by Sam Murphy
ABS TO THE RESCUE
Last night I dreamed of a magical material that would be bendable like metal, as easy to shape as wood, and would never warp, split, or splinter. It would be washable, would never need painting, and would last almost forever.
This morning, when I sat down at my desk, the stuff from my dream was right in front of me. It fact, it had been there for several months, ever since I made a pen rack from ABS.
ABS is acrylonitrile butadiene styrene, a plastic that really does have dreamlike qualities. If you’ve ever picked up a Lego block, you’ve handled ABS. Car stereo ...
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