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Newspaper Extendable Bench by Charles Kaisin

by Collin Dunn, Corvallis, OR, USA on 05. 3.06
Design & Architecture (interiors)

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TreeHugger is always wary of "recycled" product designs; many of them seem to be more recycled than designed. Happily, there are more and more examples of the synthesis of recycling and design every day, even when it comes to the odd-sounding pairing of "recycled paper" and "furniture" (see Mareike Gast's Flower Chair, made from recycled magazines, Jason Iftakhar's recycled cardboard bench and the work of the Cardboard Chair Company for more examples). The Newspaper Extendable Bench, designed by Charles Kaisin, is the latest product we've found. Using recycled newspaper, the bench folds like an accordian, making it both "extendable" and collapsable for easy reconfiguration, storage or moving. The designer says it's surprisingly sturdy, claiming it has the strength of wood. We haven't tried it out, but are glad to see the life of newspaper extended beyond today's headlines. ::Yanko Design via ::design*sponge

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The cardboard bench reminds me of furniture designs by Samuel Mockbee I saw in an exhibition at the National Building Museum a couple years ago.

jump to top Cindy says:

Yeek. Quote from the newspaper bench site:

Application: by taking some newspaper gluing, layering and compressed them you can create a very interesting material that has the strength of wood. The potential of this low process is that it can be replaced by an unskilled worker such as prisoners. to create furniture.

It may be green, but I have problems with this guy's outlook. Even if I could afford him, I'm not giving him my money.

jump to top Ailsa Ek says:

Not to mention his atrocious grammar. Almost incomprehensible. How about recycling a dictionary?

jump to top KPod [TypeKey Profile Page] says:

Where is this guy from?

That comment is pretty atrocious, as is his grammar, but could it be that he is a well-meaning, non-English speaker?

I really want to like him.

That bench is fantastic.

jump to top Rachel Branwen says:

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