Ever wondered what could be done with a 1,200 foot spool of rope? Designer Josh Urso answers the question with this marvelous innovation in table design: KNOOP (Dutch for “knot”) is his latest line of table designs, which uses resin-impregnated military-grade rope to deliver wonderful inspiration to often discarded materials.
+0Very neat- however, the rope can never be reecycled now that it is impregnated with resin- that is a waste of material as well.
+0This is not an example of sustainable design and just serves to promote trendy design. Should it even be featured on inhabitat?
+0Coolness factor: 10
Sustainability factor: 0
This is repurposing, NOT recycling. Nobody is producing 1200 foot spools of rope as a manufacturing waste headed for a landfill.
+0Hmmm…a giant, non-recyclable, initially cool-looking (curiosity factor) dust, dander and food bits magnet that is virtually uncleanable. Methinks perhaps would be better used as…rope!
+0Guys, don’t you think it is a good “repurposing” of an otherwise to be discarded material? no one would actually make a stool like this with new or still usable rope. And, how many times you need to recycle a material for it to be eco-friendly? I know there’s quite a few materials that can be recycled again and again, but what about the embedded energy of those processes?
I think design wise is a good response for a material that otherwise would be thrown away.
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+0Beautiful, but impossible to dust. One month, it’ll be on the way to the charity thrift store. Hardly forward looking. And can we talk about the purpose produced inch-thick glass?
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