Bathtub Chair
by Lloyd Alter, Toronto on 01.23.07
After showing the Reddish chair, made from old steel bathtubs, how could we not lounge about in the Savon Sofa, carved out of an old four-legged cast iron tub and upholstered in icy blue sensuede with matching down pillows. While the designers say that they "strive to design products that make people say "why didn't i think of that!" Our pieces aim to be clever yet elegant with a strong emphasis on ergonomics and functionality" we suspect that this is neither ergonomic or functional but it is recycled and fun. It even hits six of the top ten tips in our "how to green your furniture" guide. ::Flavour Design via ::Cube Me
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Nothing new under the sun. Look at these examples from the designschool HDK at Stockholm Furniture Fair 2005 - bathtub charis among other stuff:
http://www.hdk.gu.se/galleri/utstallningar/furnfair04/badkarsgrupp.html
In 1961 a genious art director did this for Breakfast at Tiffany's. Lets give credit where credit is due