Rotterdam studio The New Raw has recycled misprints and prototypes from its previous experiments in additive manufacturing to 3D print a limited edition chair called Ermis.
The mono-material, monobloc seat was born from the desire to find a new purpose for The New Raw's own scrap materials by turning them into durable "zero-waste" objects.
The New Raw has created a seating design from its own 3D-printing waste (top and above)
"The New Raw does a lot of research by design, which by nature is very wasteful," said founders Panos Sakkas and Foteini Setaki.
"Failures and their critical evaluation is an integral part of our method."
Each Ermis chair is formed from layers of recycled polypropylene plastic
"Nevertheless at the end, we often leave a lot of material that needs to be managed properly," the duo continued. "Finding a way to reuse this material and reduce the volume of waste coming from the research and development of the studio became the starting point to create this limited series."
The chair features a gentle colour gradient that fades from blue to yellow
The graphic chair, which has been shortlisted in the seating design category of this year's Dezeen Awards, is made using only one material ? recycled polypropylene.
Sakkas and Setaki forewent all the adhesives, resins and additional finishings used in traditional furniture manufacturing, allowing the design to be fully and easily recycled at the end of its life.
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