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There was a time when there was nothing much you could do with your empty plastic bottles apart
from discarding them into the recycle bin. Well, all that is changing now as recyclable items are fast
becoming building blocks to works of art that you can use! Designer furniture from recycled material
is slowly turning ripples into waves in the world of interior design.
Although still in its infancy here in Malaysia, this
movement is already making heads turn.
We all have seen quirky one-off sculptures made from
recycled materials but it is a decent bet that most
designers don’t think about the possibilities of creating
a complete range of recycled furniture.
With so many materials going to waste in droves, it
seems a shame not to think big about how to give
rubbish a new lease of life. While many of these pieces
are still mostly in the conceptual stage, a lot of them
have potential beyond being whimsical one-time
creations.
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Aluminum cans sound like something
versatile but they aren’t. They usually just
end up as raw material for more cans!
One designer saw the potential in them
and has decided to turn the cans into
classy-looking table legs by first
compressing them.
Without the use of adhesive, they are
made completely of the compressed cans.
Now, you could pay the same for ‘runof-the-mill’
supports or instead have
something that looks both equally
interesting and makes a great conversation
piece.
RM4,500*
2
Paper tubes are very useful especially as raw material in
arts and crafts but to reuse them as they are, one has to
figure out a way to work around their weaknesses and
play on their strengths.
RM1,900*
The strength and natural ‘gift’ of paper provides a solid-but-soft
underlying structure to otherwise sturdy chairs. As these tubes are
available in abundance all over, you just need to insert re-bars to
strengthen the chairs prior to complementing any home!
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