Next time you’re making a trip to the Salvation Army to donate those old clothes, consider Silke Wawro of Volksware’s alternative approach: her scrap clothing carpet is literally a fabric journal, made from “the cloth consumption of a persons’ lifetime.” The carpet is sold by the meter, off a roll, so you can order just enough and have cozy clothing keeping your toes warm in no time.
Much of Volksware’s work takes a similar and equally clever approach to design: use pre-existing objects, engage the user, and sell in customized quantities. Check out her website for a ton of other very cool projects and products.
I am very disappointed with volksware in Indonesia. I’ve ordered a shirt but the order is done with no maximum. And not according to what dikomitmankan. What Volksware so, just off the promise it?
yeah now when my pile of dirty clothes on the floor will look like they belong there.
What a great way to disguise the clutter already engulfing my floor!
welldone,this is a good idea for decoration so you can go farther and try it in diffrent areas.
This would be a good use for Salvation Army rejects. A lot of the clothes end up being bundled up into huge cubes, and then a large portion of that ends up as rags! You’ll have to read this to see what I mean:
http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=pacificpink25&date=20070225
This is fantastic!
I am in the wrong business. If I didn’t feel so wierd about marketing and selling my old stuff, I’d do this too.
or if you wanna achieve the effect of people having been flattened by a steamroller. good stuff.