August 2011
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eco - rhapsody chair in blue by Lisa ! →
gladiator shoes from recycled leather by Valerie ! →
abitare promotes the scrap lab contest
Il concorso di design SCRAPLAB invita i progettisti di tutto il mondo a presentare un progetto o un prototipo, concepito o realizzato con materiali di scarto. Designer e studenti di design sono invitati a ripensare e a riciclare i rifiuti sotto forma di nuovi prodotti come mobili, accessori o opere d’arte, per riportarli a nuova vita. Il concorso di progettazione Scraplab così come la...
July 2011
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the scrap lab contest promoted by www.quirky.com →
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Striking wood/paper tote bag by Pranav Gajjar →
super nice scrap chair design ! →
visit the wonderful world of the Scrap Lab Design... →
Beautiful Flower Vase by Valerie →
November 2010
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October 2010
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scrap lab facebook page →
September 2010
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please join our FB fan page to spread the word ... →
July 2010
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“Laboratories are where science and creativity meet to develop, research, and...”
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hautenature →
Fabulous chair from waste trimmings
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interior-styles →
Ever wonder what you could do with your old jeans? This ingenious design has been created by Scrap Lab. Their mission is to use materials which are other’s ‘left overs’. The off-cuts and scrap can be wood, metal, nylon, plastics, paper, foam and fabrics and are obtained mainly from industrial sources. Scrap Lab have clear aims and missions which focus on both global and economic concerns as...
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3rings.designerpages →
Green design, environmentally-conscious design, sustainable design; whichever you choose to call it, it is at the forefront of the design world and the larger world alike. Government money and that from corporations is being allocated to finding new energy solutions. Nearly every architect or designer’s website includes a description of their commitment to sustainability. Although the...
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acriacao →
Scrap Lab (Sucata Lab) é uma equipe coligada ao departamento de arquitetura da Universidade Kasetsart, na Tailândia, que pesquisa e realiza experimentações, para descobrir como utilizar restos de materiais dos processos industriais para criar novos produtos.
São novas peças, de plástico, de madeira, metal e tecidos, como a peça aqui apresentada, fruto da utilização de sucata de denim (o...
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It’s always better to craft something useful out of scrap and leftovers rather adding to these. None would ever appreciate it if these simply keep on piling up. Scrap Lab is such green scrap-art company that believes in recirculating the industrial waste. Based at Kasetsart University in Bangkok, Thailand, the designer firm blends professional research with deep analysis in suitably...
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while most designers are creating waste with their products, scraplab is a collective of designers working to turn waste into products. the initiative is based at kasetsart university in bangkok, thailand and works with manufacturers and designers to reactivate manufacturing waste such as off-cuts and left-overs. a key element of their process is their database of industrial waste that ...
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“Most industrial processes produce a crapload of scraps. Sometimes, like with metal and plastic, the dross can be re-smelted; in other instances, as with fabric, the cut-offs just go in the trash.
A company called Scrap Lab is making it their mission to alleviate that latter problem:
Scrap lab will be the driving force in reactivating and reanimating left over’s, off-cut and any...
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“Bangkok-based company Scrap Lab transforms manufacturing leftovers, off-cut and any other kind of solid industrial waste into these unique pieces of sustainable seating.
The materials they work with include wood, paper, steel, foam, plastic, and various other metals.
With the recent rise in popularity of discarded clothing being refashioned into couture pieces and artwork created...
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“I love all the pieces, but I find myself particularly enamored with the contemporary and minimalist feel of the ‘Black Nest’ chair and stool (featured at the top) and the quilted lounge chair (featured above). Made of black plastic trimmings, I have to admit that the ‘Black Nest’ chair and stool are not as cheerful or humorous as some of the other pieces. However, it is a well-balanced...
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scraplab approach
tons of raw material comes from various sources into ware houses and gets distributed to factories. on the way to become a product a lot of such raw material is either cut off, left over or rejected. the numbers about the percentage of rejected raw-mat vary greatly depending on material, product and industry. in the wood industry cut off is between 30-50% of the raw-mat. this figures where the...
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