Take a load of empty plastic water bottles to manufacture jeans, or turn waste denim into paper: as eco-consciousness spreads, makers of the planet’s most popular item of clothing are increasingly resorting to recycling.
Continue reading… “Jeans Made From Plastic, Paper Made From Jeans”
Egg Chairs are so much fun, literally. The iconic Ovalia Egg Chair, which was exhibited for the first time at the Scandinavian Furniture Fair in 1968, is now up for sale again with some technical upgrades.
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Tokujin Yoshioka’s chair made from growing natural crystals will headline the exhibition Second Nature opening on the 17th in Tokyo this month. The Venus chair builds on his earlier work such as Honey-pop (2001) which used a honeycombed paper structure to obtain it’s strength and the Pane chair (2006) made of a translucent spongy material called polyester elastomer. The Venus chair is grown in a tank, the production process half controlled by Yoshioka and half left up to nature.
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By delving into the futuring techniques of Futurist Thomas Frey, you’ll embark on an enlightening journey.
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