Newspaper furniture: Eco-friendly designs for a recession redecoration
Although designer David Stovell most likely came up with this awesome upcycling furniture concept before the financial meltdown of 2008, I think it's perhaps even more appropriate now that the credit system is in DEFCON 1 disaster mode. The idea is simple: take a bunch of newspapers -- usually abandoned after about 5 minutes or less of enjoyment -- and bind them together with a strap to get a funky kind of bohemian "seat"-- or I'd probably call it an ottoman. I really like the way David has strung together the images and titles in his Sunday Papers collection. If you wanted to be ironic, you could scoop up a bunch of leftover papers with headlines about the Dow plunging. I've heard of pizza box furniture before, but I always assumed that virgin boxes were used -- otherwise, it would be kinda gross. Stovell has also experimented with adding seat backs and glass tops.
Do you think this furniture would hold up under much water damage? Better or worse than the particle board furniture from Target?
[via Inhabitat]
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