Everyone has old clothes they don't use or wear and one student took it upon herself to find a use for unworn clothing and create sustainable furniture from them.
Anna Herrmann is a product design student who wanted to find a sustainable way to take her old clothes and transform them into long-lasting products that people could use and enjoy for a long time. She created '50 DENS,' a project creating a new product with ordinary objects, taking their traits and seeing them in a different, more useable context.
Anna took her old tights (which can't be resold and lack any sentimental value) and created sustainable furniture in the form of a chair. Creating value from old material, she wove the material into a seat and back support for the chair, making use of a previously disposable commodity.
Upcycled Clothing Chairs
Anna Herrmann Uses Old Clothes to Make Sustainable Furniture
Trend Themes
1. Upcycling Fashion - Creating sustainable furniture and products from old clothing.
2. Sustainable Design - Transforming ordinary objects into long-lasting products that people can use and enjoy for a long time.
3. Circular Economy - Creating value from old material and reducing waste by repurposing it into new products.
Industry Implications
1. Furniture Manufacturing - Using upcycling and sustainable design techniques to create unique and eco-friendly furniture products.
2. Fashion and Apparel - Exploring opportunities to transform old material into new fashion and apparel items through upcycling and circular economy models.
3. Product Design - Incorporating upcycling and circular economy models into product design processes to create sustainable and innovative products.