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South Korean designer uses recycled masks for furniture collection
Furniture from recycled masks is created by South Korean design student Hanyul Kim. For the first item, he needed over 1000 used personal protective equipment.
Visually, the pieces of furniture are stools that are carved out of marble. This effect was obtained by mixing the original colors of the protective masks.
The three-legged round seat stools are quite stable and can support the weight of both a child and an adult.
The procedure for creating a single stool begins with collecting used personal protective equipment. Then, using a heat gun, they are melted and mixed. Cooling down, the substance hardens and becomes fully capable of receiving loads in the form of a human body.
To create each leg of the stool, the designer needed about 250 masks, for the seat - about 750 pieces. No glue, resin or any other bonding agents were used by Hanyul Kim. The viscosity of the molten masks is sufficient.
At first, the designer only stocked up with his used masks. Then the personal protective equipment of the guy's friends was connected to them. He now sets up used mask collection boxes on campus and empties them periodically.
With his work, the South Korean designer wants to prevent 129 billion used masks from ending up in landfills and into the world's oceans.
Other designers are also tackling the issue of smart recycling. Furniture created from such materials is put up for sale on the OXO website in the section "Home, interior".
Visually, the pieces of furniture are stools that are carved out of marble. This effect was obtained by mixing the original colors of the protective masks.
The three-legged round seat stools are quite stable and can support the weight of both a child and an adult.
The procedure for creating a single stool begins with collecting used personal protective equipment. Then, using a heat gun, they are melted and mixed. Cooling down, the substance hardens and becomes fully capable of receiving loads in the form of a human body.
To create each leg of the stool, the designer needed about 250 masks, for the seat - about 750 pieces. No glue, resin or any other bonding agents were used by Hanyul Kim. The viscosity of the molten masks is sufficient.
At first, the designer only stocked up with his used masks. Then the personal protective equipment of the guy's friends was connected to them. He now sets up used mask collection boxes on campus and empties them periodically.
With his work, the South Korean designer wants to prevent 129 billion used masks from ending up in landfills and into the world's oceans.
Other designers are also tackling the issue of smart recycling. Furniture created from such materials is put up for sale on the OXO website in the section "Home, interior".
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