# Poop-Procured Furniture These Furniture Pieces Are Made From Processed Cow Manure By Rahul Kalvapalle | Published 2017-09-07 | Art & Design Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/sustainable-furniture-range References: [newatlas](http://newatlas.com/cow-manure-material-furniture/51197/) & [bcu.ac.uk](http://www.bcu.ac.uk/news-events/news/your-furniture-is-poo-student-transforms-cow-manure-into-household-furniture) There are very few times in life when telling a designer that their furniture is crap wouldn't be seen as an insult, but this is actually something you can tell British-based design student Sanelisiwe Mafa to her face without hurting her feelings, because she took the unique step of designing a range of sustainable furniture using cow poop as one of the core materials. Mafa's sustainable furniture makes use of a special blend of [cow manure and binding material](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/aifunghi) to create a substance capable of being shaped into an array of forms. It's important to state that Mafa's poop-derived furniture isn't just some novelty creation, but is eco-friendly because it makes use of a widely available renewable resource, making this a fine example of [furniture design pushing the boundaries](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/cork-collection) in search of sustainable style. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 3.3/10 - Popularity: 65% | Activity: 27% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial - Top markets: Europe ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Art & Design](https://www.trendhunter.com/artdesign) > [Furniture](https://www.trendhunter.com/furniture) ## Key Themes ### Key Themes Behind This Trend - **Sustainable Furniture Design:** The use of unconventional, eco-friendly materials such as cow manure to create furniture presents opportunities for sustainable furniture design in the market. - **Renewable Resources:** Utilizing renewable resources as furniture materials presents opportunities for other industries to explore the use of unconventional materials to create new products. - **Circular Economy:** The production of furniture from waste materials presents opportunities for companies to create new products and revenue streams within the circular economy model. ### Where This Applies - **Furniture:** The furniture industry can explore sustainable designs by incorporating unconventional, eco-friendly materials and promote circular economy by creating new products from waste materials. - **Agriculture:** The agriculture industry can explore opportunities to use cow manure as a valuable resource for product development in various industries including furniture and construction materials. - **Sustainability:** Mafa's design highlights opportunities in the sustainability industry to explore unconventional materials and advance sustainable design. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Recycled Paper Stools](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/the-plod-stool.md) - [Waste-Based Furniture Capsules](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/ecofriendly-furniture1.md) - [Eco-Friendly Styrofoam Furniture](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/we.md) - [Sustainable Design Materials](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/mycoworks-reishi.md) - [Sustainably Minded Seating Solutions](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/conscious-chair.md) - [Rice Husk-Made Stools](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/rice-husk-stool.md) - [Discarded Shoe-Created Stools](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/wu-series.md) - [Organic Sustainably Crafted Stools](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/luffa-stoolita.md) - [Mealworm-Inspired 3D-Printed Stools](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/digested-objects.md)