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S-338
year 1992
material plastic
source title The International Design Yearbook 1996
info This chair is not painted as you might at first think. It is made entirely of recycled plastic bottles that once contained shampoo, washing-up liquid or suntan lotion. The bottles were collected in community collection points, cleaned and chipped. The board was made by pressing and heating the plastic chips so they bonded together, and you can still see the different colours of the bottles and even fragments of printing on the chair. Jane Atfield had seen board like this made by the firm of Yemm & Hart of Missouri. At first she imported their board, but this chair is made of recycled plastic panels Atfield made in Britain. The shape and form of the chair are simplified and its structure relies on the strength of the panels which are simply screwed together. The shape owes much to chairs designed by the Dutch designer Gerrit Rietveld in the 1920s and 1930s. Atfield’s chair advertises the fact that it is made of recycled materials and, in the mid-1990s, it became emblematic of the environmentally friendly design movement.
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year 1992
material plastic
source title The International Design Yearbook 1996
info This chair is not painted as you might at first think. It is made entirely of recycled plastic bottles that once contained shampoo, washing-up liquid or suntan lotion. The bottles were collected in community collection points, cleaned and chipped. The board was made by pressing and heating the plastic chips so they bonded together, and you can still see the different colours of the bottles and even fragments of printing on the chair. Jane Atfield had seen board like this made by the firm of Yemm & Hart of Missouri. At first she imported their board, but this chair is made of recycled plastic panels Atfield made in Britain. The shape and form of the chair are simplified and its structure relies on the strength of the panels which are simply screwed together. The shape owes much to chairs designed by the Dutch designer Gerrit Rietveld in the 1920s and 1930s. Atfield’s chair advertises the fact that it is made of recycled materials and, in the mid-1990s, it became emblematic of the environmentally friendly design movement.
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