Disposable
Plastic is one of my favorite eco blunders to bash. Which is why finding fabulous repurposed uses for the petroleum-based pliable is one of my many life fixations. We have explored the fashion potential of fabricating plastic- in the creation of recycled and repurposed clothes and accessories. Because there is just so much plastic to be repurposed (lest you forget the 100 million tons of plastic products floating in the Great Garbage Patch in the middle of the ocean), I have set my sights on home design and have come up with some pretty nifty, if not honestly gorgeous have-to-have-it repurposed plastic stuff.
Disposable
-Bag Chair
Ryan Frank’s Inkuku (translation: “chicken” in Zulu) constructed of layers and layers of thin plastic shopping bags and recycled aluminum is my ideal throne (he also makes one called Inja constructed from fabric off-cuts). The shockingly comfy chair embodies urban contemporary culture in design, though its roots are firmly planted in African craft (hence the Zulu name). Now that’s a plastic bag with purpose! www.ryanfrank.net
Stair Case
-Roughly Drawn Chair
Cohda Design Limited RD4 Chair (standing for Roughly Drawn) takes one person’s trash and turns it into a free-hand styled chair with sustainable attitude. Made from 100% recycled plastic waste, the glue-less woven bespoke styles (yes, they are limited, numbered and signed) are innovative and themselves recyclable- just in case you get sick of it. J www.cohda.com
Spoon Collection
-Stirred Chandelier
Studio Verissimo has gotten seriously inventive with this Recycled Coffee Stirrer Lamp that, I swear, could pass for a multiple thousand dollar chandelier. Though the fixture is truly spectacular, it is seemingly a point-making piece. Fact is 138 billion coffee stirrers and straws end up in landfills every year. Is our little 2 second swirl really that important? The eco-luxe concept creates new purpose for hundreds of discarded shiny plastic sticks and spoons and is more-captivating-than-crystal chandelier.
www.studioverissimo.net/contact.htm
Inkuku
-Wine Light
Stuart Haygarth finds fascination in castoff plastic, bringing them new life and renewed purpose. I am in love with the Disposable Chandelier constructed from 416 disposable plastic wine glasses and illuminated with a your color choice of fluorescent light. Truly stunning! www.stuarthaygarth.com
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