Added: Feb 12, 2010

From: studiomama

Duration: 4:55

The Pallet Project by Studiomama. Owner of Studiomama, Nina Tolstrup is engaged with issues of sustainability and the idea that excellent design can be made to act in a socially positive way. The Pallet Project takes this philosophy to a newly interactive conclusion. It consists of pieces of furniture designed from reclaimed pallets. A project of up-cycling. These ubiquitous, rough pieces of discarded packaging have been transformed into clean-lined furniture that is designed to be reproduced in a unique manner. The assembly guidelines for the pallet pieces can be ordered online for £ 10, so the furniture can be created from reclaimed pallets anywhere in the world. This collaborative approach bypasses costly and unsound supply chains. The incentive for DIY or homemade is rarely to save money or out of necessity as in the post war years. Today it is much more about environmental issues, social connectivity and the pleasure of making. An unsuspecting testimony to this has been the pictures of completed pallet chairs that have been sent to Nina by people from all corners of the world. A believer in the tenet Think globally, act locally, she has given photographer and gallery owner Cecilia Glik permission to teach unemployed workers in Lugano, one of the most deprived slums of Buenos Aires, how to make this pallet furniture in their cooperative using locally sourced pallets. The furniture is then sold through local networks, creating a source of income for the people in the slums.

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