BRC American Pipe Dream Furniture

BRC Designs’ American Pipe Dream Chair and Table Are Made from a Maze of Copper Piping

05/21/2012

BRC American Pipe Dream Furniture

We Inhabitat editors could hardly "pipe down" when we stumbled upon <a href="http://brcdesigns.com/">BRC Designs</a>' dizzying American Pipe Dream chair and table at <a href="http://inhabitat.com/icff/">ICFF</a> this past weekend. <a href="http://inhabitat.com/brc-designs-unveils-its-money-table-filled-with-787-real-dollar-bills-at-icff/">Benjamin Rollins Caldwell</a> is one of our favorite recycled furniture makers because of the skillful way he reinvents old materials, and the American Pipe Dream series is just another example of his passion and ability. Resembling a maze of copper tubing similar to the system of pipes Mario travels through with Luigi, the revamped table and chair turn a rather mundane material into something spectacular.

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BRC American Pipe Dream Furniture

The American Pipe dream table and chair were inspired by <a href="http://inhabitat.com/index.php?s=benjamin+rollins+caldwell">Benjamin Rollins Caldwell</a>'s own frustration after some thieves stripped the copper out of one of his welding machines.

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BRC American Pipe Dream Furniture

The matching American Pipe Dream table.

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BRC American Pipe Dream Furniture

<a href="http://brcdesigns.com/furniture/american-pipe-dream-chair">According to the designer</a>, copper prices are currently at an all time high, and the theft of copper is a growing problem (who knew?).

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BRC American Pipe Dream Furniture

After feeling the pinch of the crime, Caldwell decided to create a furniture set that ironically uses an unnecessarily extravagant amount of the valuable material.

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BRC American Pipe Dream Furniture

Caldwell used half-inch copper piping for the designs, looping and meandering it into a maze that was "inspired by the <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=windows+computer+pipe+screen+saver&hl=en&prmd=imvnsfd&source=lnms&tbm=isch&ei=-7C6T8CfIof66QHf1KneCg&sa=X&oi=mode_link&ct=mode&cd=2&ved=0CGIQ_AUoAQ&biw=1241&bih=584">Windows computer pipe screen saver</a>".

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BRC American Pipe Dream Furniture

Both the table and chair were finished with fine glass bead blasting and sealed using an industrial metal sealer.

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BRC American Pipe Dream Furniture

BRC's philosophy of reuse and reinvention.

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BRC American Pipe Dream Furniture

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We Inhabitat editors could hardly "pipe down" when we stumbled upon BRC Designs' dizzying American Pipe Dream chair and table at ICFF this past weekend. Benjamin Rollins Caldwell is one of our favorite recycled furniture makers because of the skillful way he reinvents old materials, and the American Pipe Dream series is just another example of his passion and ability. Resembling a maze of copper tubing similar to the system of pipes Mario travels through with Luigi, the revamped table and chair turn a rather mundane material into something spectacular.

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