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WHAT IS THE CARBON FOOTPRINT OF A PIECE OF FURNITURE?
A Primer for Action
circular design glossary furniture & furnishings
circular design glossary furniture & furnishings
When creating change, there’s a lot of power in shared language - understanding what we’re saying to one another!
The Circular Design Glossary provides 40+ tangible, inspiring applications – from sofas to tables to lighting – that illustrate real-life solutions to today’s problematic linear ‘take-make-waste’ way of living.
featured our interview with Vestre
featured our interview with Vestre
In summer 2022, mebl’s Mona Chun visited Vestre – a Norwegian manufacturer of urban furniture – to speak with Øyvind Bjørnstad, the company’s Chief Sustainability Officer about The Plus, their environmentally friendly furniture factory.
“... we used to value quality and fixing things, using them until they were completely broken ... prioritizing the reduction of total resources used.”
“… to showcase that industry can be clean, inviting and accessible – AND (operate) an extremely efficient factory.”
spotlight media & more
spotlight media & more
Exploring the role of design at the heart of the circular economy.
"Confused by sustainability jargon? A new glossary aims to help."
“The very first step to a ‘circular future’ is accessible information and awareness.”
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What strategies do leaders use to push their companies toward greater ‘circularity’ in corporate practices.
Explore initiatives that are reimagining how we approach material and human resources.
Ways to reduce/redirect waste and champion healthy, sustainable interiors.
THE FUTURE IS FEMALE, SUSTAINABLE, & INCLUSIVE
This webinar features a trio of virtual tours inside the studios of female artisans/furniture-makers who are each helping to redefine the craft of furniture — centering sustainability and community along with great design.
With Amber Lasciak of REDU NYC, Sabrina Merayo Nuñez of Lunfarda Studio and Tiffany Gomez of Gomez Design Studio.
furniture-maker portraits
furniture-maker portraits
Highlighting the artisanry of a handful of the many talented furniture-makers who reimagine otherwise-to-be-discarded materials into beautiful high quality furniture.
Tiffany Gomez aims to challenge our relationship with the material world, using design as a means to build more sustainable communities.
Hamed Ouattara is committed to expanding local, creative reuse, especially of salvaged metal barrels. Each is thoroughly cleansed and sanitized before welding.
Michael Iannone specializes in high quality modern furniture, with a strong focus on original design and the use of sustainable materials.
Kim Markel is driven by curiosity and the desire to create captivating objects by reimagining materials and furniture-making.
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Shifting How We Build, Buy And Sell
Furniture x Climate
Furniture meets Climate
Carbon, COP27 & your Coffee Table
“The World’s Most Environmentally Friendly Furniture Factory”
An Interview with Øyvind Bjørnstad of Vestre
New Circularity in Furniture series
Circular City Week NY, 2022
Design is at the Heart of Everything
Articles for Action
We Went Scouting!
Sustainability & Furniture