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By now we’re all familiar with the array of lovely, upcycled glass wine bottles cut and repurposed as vases, carafes, decanters, etc. Japanese design powerhouse, Nendo, took the idea one step further with their recent collaboration with Coca-Cola, which they debuted a few days ago at Design Tide Tokyo.
The five-piece dishware set is handblown in northern Japan from recycled glass Coke bottles. Though the glass isn’t cut from larger bottles, the design of the dishes mimics that cut mark and also references the bottle’s shape, with the circle of dimples on the bottom. We’re not soda drinkers, but we love the glass’ greenish hue and the way it looks on a table, as well as the slight imperfections that come with handmade objects, like the air bubbles.
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Milan design week may be over and done with, but so many incredible ideas made their debut on the vast showroom floor that the event still has us buzzing.
Take this deceptively simple idea from Italian designer Peter Bottazzi and Denish Bonapace that turns used up and useless old furniture into artfully rendered homes for plants. Called Da Morto A Orto, or from redundant to abundant, Bottazzi and Bonapace took various pieces of furniture and combined them into hybrids – rolling desk chair with a wooden dresser drawer and an aluminum lamp or a plush armchair with metal pots sprouting out its back. The combinations are endless and these pictures are the ultimate inspiration for DIY-ers.
Of course, Da Morto A Orto isn’t just horticultural eye-candy or a collection of one-off pieces. It’s “a critical, ironic reinterpretation of everyday objects that we no longer recognize or that are on their last legs.” Objects and furniture around the house that are destined to be discarded or destroyed are given a new life and purpose. What was once trash is now a thing of beauty.
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