I've seen a number of creative things made from plastic bags—fabric, knitting materials—but this idea is pretty cool. The stool top you see above is made from fused plastic bags constructed by inner-city youth in Boston, Massachusetts. The project coordinator developed the idea while working on his senior thesis at the Rhode Island School of Design. The group is also working on developing a mold for tables and various other pieces of furniture. Now, I'm not entirely sure about the environmental effects of melting down plastic, but it's better than just sending it to the landfill, no?
The stools received the Social Responsibility Award by the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) at the 2011 Architectural Digest Home Design Show in New York City.
I could see so many uses for melting down plastic bags. I hope it goes towards the Cradle-to-Cradle philosophy of use and re-use!
(images: casasugar)
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nice..but sad that one section of the society is trying hard to clean up after the unthinking majority
i can see why they won an award for this idea!
Beautiful! It's a shame they'll have so many to work with since the baggers at my local store double-bag every item seperately at the 12-items or less checkout. Those folks really need to be reeducated. I hand them a reuseable bag and they look at me like I'm from Mars (and they still try to sneak in plastic bags - what is this, some kind of religion?)
Even if they truly banned plastic bags tomorrow, these folks would have thousands to work with.
I want a how-to!