Design studio Niceworkshop has created furniture for recycling brand Format made from aluminium formwork used for pouring the concrete on large-scale buildings, which is on show at Milan design week.
Showcased at the Capsule showcase at Corso Como 10, the collection includes chairs, benches and tables made from slabs of aluminium fastened together by industrial bolts.
Niceworkshop worked with Format, the design and recycling arm of Korean construction company Sungji Alfex, to reuse the large metal panels used in the pouring of concrete in the construction of large buildings.
"My family has been making formwork in Korea for more than 50 years," Format co-founder Phillip Lee told Dezeen.
"And instead of throwing it away, I thought we should recreate it into something else." The collection included reused and recycled materials. Photo by Ben Dreith
Because the company doesn't have a design background, Format looked to Hyunseog Oh of Niceworkshop to take the industrial materials and create collectible design objects.
The installation included two collections with similar forms. Called Aged Form Line, the first collection was made with formwork directly reused from construction and "captures the enduring texture of concrete on the surface event after the repair process".
These pieces have a darker hue with slight imperfections on the surfaces of the furniture.

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