
Parisian-based designer Yahïa Ouled-Moussa re-uses old canvas belts, weaving them onto discarded wooden chairs. We like these colorful versions, but there's also a military one, incorporating old canvas military belts in green, brown, and beige. (We'd also cut off the loose ends, but that's just us...What do you think?)










Blech. Looks like a student project.
I am amused by the chair choices - I have 10 of almost the exact chair on the left. I am thinking about painting them; I would never consider anything like this.
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Not a fan...
view trixxie's profile
Bah.
Who is 'We'?
Siamese twin writers? You'd still have to share one brain to claim 'we'.
view clickchick's profile
my cat would love this chair
view Sassy in SF's profile
hideous
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"re-uses" leads me to think the belts were once used and they are now being recycled. I bet those are new, and wasting the materials as opposed to recycling them. You could buy the canvas straps instead of buying new belts.
view 1971MI's profile
Designer?
Cut off the ends , it is Really Silly.
It Looks like a Cubscout project gone bad!
view phauxtoe's profile
That's a whole lotta ugly!
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the metal buckles would scratch my floors.
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What this immediately brings to my mind is the traditional leatherwork of the countries north and south of the Sahara -- & since the designer is Algerian, this is probably a witty visual reference to work like this:
http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2007/may23/gifs/tuareg_bag.jpg
This would be immediately obvious to people in Paris, given French ties to the Maghreb and Sahel.
I like it, it's fresh, contemporary and evokes Africa.
view Deborah's profile
not hot.
view Archie's profile
unacceptable
view Detomor's profile
My friend Debbie did this with old leather belts she bought at the Good Will. Her chairs look amazing.
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I like these chairs, but I wouldn't recommend them for actual use. A chair like this can become a wonderful piece of art if placed in the right spot, such as a corner of a hallway, or some other area where you might put a sculpture. It becomes a conversation piece. And if it makes the cat happy as well, life is even better.
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It's not for me, but it might be kinda cool for a hotel or club. It's like a Shaker chair dressed up to do the flamenco.
view Lisa Hunter's profile
I'm not a fan either. I like the colors and all, but the hangy things, not as much.
view Christine (the one in DC)'s profile
The colors look great together; it would make for an amazing cat toy.
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I see the novelty in it, but it is not particularly appealing, and looks really haphazardly put together.
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I was thinking of it as a work of art.
view Deborah's profile
If you wear shorts or a skirt, the hanging sections would either scratch or tickle your legs.
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