"In his ongoing bid to highlight the idiosyncratic properties of various raw and manufactured materials, seasoned British designer Max Lamb has forged an intrinsically sustainable practice. He's crafted distinctive chairs out of cardboard that, by the very rough and rudimentary nature of their assembly, can be infinitely repaired. Of course, doing away with the restrictive and largely outdated convention - formal and aesthetic - of pristine, unblemished finishing is central to this proposition."
"With collections like Poly Scrap Furniture, the experimental designer has been able to implement his exploration of different making techniques into objects - mostly chairs - created using off-cut components - those that are traditionally deemed too small or awkwardly shaped to use and that are usually thrown away. These iterative, never exactly replicated, designs are mostly presented by New York gallery Salon 94 and London platform Gallery FUMI."
Max Lamb creates sustainable, repairable objects by exploiting the unique properties of raw and manufactured materials. He makes cardboard chairs whose rough assembly allows infinite repair and rejects pristine finishing conventions. His Poly Scrap Furniture uses off-cut components deemed unusable to produce iterative, non-identical chairs shown by Salon 94 and Gallery FUMI. The WASTED Collection - 001 was produced in collaboration with Bali eco resort Desa Potato Head, which diverts 99.5% from landfill. Lamb repurposes onsite discarded materials and guides local artisans to handcraft refillable candles, outdoor chairs, ceramic dinnerware, fiber-woven settees, carpets, and tote bags, prioritizing hyper-local sustainability and craft.
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