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Changemakers: Tri-Lox
Changemakers: Tri-Lox
Transforming New York City's discarded urban wood into architectural landmarks, furniture, and playscapes — Alexander Bender explains how Tri-Lox is giving a second life to the city's most overlooked material.
The Multiple Lives of Furniture
The Multiple Lives of Furniture
What’s the secret to furniture that endures? In Article 2 in our ‘Long Live Furniture!’ series, we explore four actionable pathways that produce furniture that can circulate to live a longer and more diverse life.
Designing With What Already Exists
Designing With What Already Exists
Article 1 in our ‘Long Live Furniture!’ series demonstrates how changemakers are working with overlooked organic materials and industrial waste streams - and exploring craftsmanship – to challenge disposability and leverage reuse.
Changemakers: Trashy
Changemakers: Trashy
By turning styrofoam waste into a high-performance concrete aggregate, Trashy founder Laura Olson is transforming one of the most criticized materials in the waste stream into something beautiful, durable, & useful.
Furniture can help us survive climate disasters
Furniture can help us survive climate disasters
What happens when furniture needs to save lives? In Part 3 of our ‘Furniture in Times of Climate Change’ series, we take a look at the work of designers pushing boundaries to craft disaster-proof pieces, create solutions for migration, and rethink the meaning of “home.”
Changemakers: RESEAT
Changemakers: RESEAT
“The biggest bang for our buck in circularity is when we begin tracking furniture at the very beginning,” notes Brandi, showing that commercial furniture waste is not an inevitability - but starts as a data problem.
Changemakers: Common Object Studio
Changemakers: Common Object Studio
“To achieve actual regeneration, you need scale – and the only way to scale is to start,” they note, highlighting how small beginnings can catalyze industry-wide change.