Unconventional furniture – part 2: Reuse for a new charm

Accessories, Chair, Earth & Future Friendly, Furniture, Lighting design, Made in Italy, Recycle, Solutions, Tables 15 Comments »

Reuse Design Furniture

Translated by Silvia — The creativity of the so-called “Reuse Design” lately is forever more appreciate from an earth-friendly and “NON Useless” design point of view, but more importantly even of “RE-useful”.

Here is for you a selection of interesting projects born from the creativity of sensible designers looking for ecologically sustainable solutions, selection which goes to show the fact that reusing is an effective solution and can also be aesthetic. 12 propositions which come, in the most part, from discarded objects, rethought and modelled into a new existence, for a renewed and original desirability.

A source of inspiration and encouragement for our daily recycling.

All details in the link below.

Silver cutlery Limited Edition by Toni Grilo for Christofle

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Unconventional furniture – part 1: New materials to sit on

Chair, Concept, Earth & Future Friendly, Furniture, Recycle, Solutions, Young Designers 2 Comments »

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Translated by Silvia – Designers of Frank O. Gehry’s calibre (since the beginning of the 70’s) and recently ever more representatives of the new generation of industrial designers from the whole world have brought forward new materials like cardboard, scruff paper and polystyrene for creative experiments in the field of furniture, often winking back to sustainability.

And it is to their seating solutions, obtained from economic or recycled materials, that we are dedicating this post.

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