u·biq·ui·tous
u·biq·ui·tous /yoo bikwedes/ adjective: present, appearing, or found everywhere. “The improper management of plastic waste has contributed to plastic pollution, in both macroplastic and microplastic form, becoming ubiquitous in the environment. Plastic pollution has been found on shorelines and in surface waters, sediment, soil, groundwater, indoor and outdoor air, drinking water and food.” - Health Canada Where society has pushed our oceans capacity into a bottle neck, ubiquitous aims to collect (plastics) and protect our oceans, one chair at a time.
Precedents & Research Furniture pieces created from used and broken skateboards. The discarded skateboard is salvaged for its material while the original colorful board designs are preserved to create a set of eclectic furniture pieces. Woby Furniture - Woby Designs
***The chair’s form is inspired by a classic beach lounge chair (as summer is now in season),
Re-use and re-interpretation of excess paper in the fabric-pleating process. Creative form from re-imagined materials. Cabbage chair - Oki Sato
Chairs in the birthed from the momentary necessity for seating. These chairs exemplify the adaptation and re-use of materials to fulfill the need of seating. Bastard chairs - Unknown Photographed by Michael Wolf
https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/chemical-substances/fact-sheets/ chemicals-glance/plastic-pollution.html
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