Students from London Metropolitan University worked with Benchmark to create a range of products using the furnituremaker's wood offcuts and objects gathered from the streets of London for Clerkenwell Design Week.
A group of second and third-year students from the university's undergraduate degree in product and furniture design participated in the project, called Aldgate Gold after the area where London Metropolitan University (London Met) is based.
The Aldgate Gold project finds a new purpose for found objects
Each of their designs incorporates objects found in the local neighbourhood that are transformed into new products through their combination with crafted wood components, made using offcuts from the Benchmark workshop.
The brief called for responses characterised by "wit, intelligence and economy" to unlock the hidden properties of the found objects, according to course leader and designer Simon Hasan. Among the projects is a pan repurposed as a mirror by Lency Perez
"Looking with the eyes of a designer slash creator, we wanted them to unlock the latent potential within the 'old' objects through thoughtfully designed and beautifully crafted appendages," he told Dezeen.
"We encouraged the students to scour the streets ? avoiding the urge to just pick up anything but to instead really choose an object that they personally felt has latent potential."
The collection is on show at St James's Church as part of Clerkenwell Design Week
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