T-Shirt Chair Weaves Together a Meaningful Story Using Recycled Textiles
Posted By Diane Pham On March 9, 2011 @ 5:00 pm In green furniture,green Interiors,Recycled Materials | 1 Comment
If your collection of t-shirts is worn beyond repair, then turn them into a funky new chair full of memories! To create her original T-shirt Chair, Maria Westerberg [4] wove together shirts from forty of the designer’s friends along with other once-treasured textiles to create a colorful mosaic of her personal history. Smitten with the idea, manufacturer Berhin Studios is now producing the chairs from a mix of colorful fabric pieces leftover from sofa manufacturing. The T-shirt Chair can also be purchased as a plain frame so you can personalize it with your own worn-out clothes [5], t-shirts and other textiles. The T-shirt Chair is the winner of the 2011 Green Furniture Award [6].
Article printed from Inhabitat – Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building: http://inhabitat.com
URL to article: http://inhabitat.com/t-shirt-chair-weaves-together-a-meaningful-story-using-worn-textiles/
URLs in this post:
[1] Tweet: http://twitter.com/share
[2] Share on Tumblr: http://www.tumblr.com/share
[3] Email: mailto:?subject=http://inhabitat.com/t-shirt-chair-weaves-together-a-meaningful-story-using-worn-textiles/
[4] Maria Westerberg: http://www.e-side.co.uk/designer/21
[5] clothes: http://www.ecouterre.com
[6] 2011 Green Furniture Award: http://www.greenfurniture.se/winners_2011
Click here to print.