FROM SKATEBOARD TO FURNITURE.

Most males and a few females have a skateboard lying around the place.....maybe they kept it from their childhood or even bought one at older age but then decided it was not their scene. Well................ Deckstool has taken your old skateboard and made it into a more useful thing like benches minidecks, seat cushions and custom designs from skateboards and other recycled materials.

Broken skateboards are an unfortunate side effect of skateboarding and are usually destined for the landfill. Deckstool recycles this waste into unique, high quality furniture and other cool products.
All designs are inspired by skateboarding and they are engineered based upon how skateboards break during use. Deckstool creates stools, benches minidecks, seat cushions and custom designs from skateboards and other recycled materials. Solidly crafted using once shattered skateboards and held together by a skateboard truck, the deckstool is strong and stable! Finely finished edges frame beautifully scuffed graphics that tell the story of the decks' previous lives.
The scrapes, scars, and graffiti on the used decks create beautiful patterns over the original skateboard artwork. All of their products are built and finished in the USA.

Have you got any old skateboards lying around?

Wood casting Stools by hilla shamia

Israel-based product designer hilla shamia has always been interested with the imperfections within controlled products.
On show during milan design week 2012, 'wood casting' is made from a whole tree trunk that enabled shamia to preserve the natural form of the
piece while still having distinct boundaries in its creation. the square shape allows a sense of artificiality while leaving the memory of the material.
molten aluminum is poured directly onto the wooden the surface which burns the exterior. the plank is then cut lengthwise and inserted with 
a frame to define its final structure.

The casting process is accompanied with high heat, flames and smoke. when the metal is cooled down and the mold breaks apart, the furniture piece reveals the dark border between the hot metal and wood. the object is a result of its process which outlines the materials, enabling us to observe the leakage of aluminum and the carbonized wood which is frozen in time. similar to nature, the final produce is unique, where no two pieces are identical. the incompleteness and randomness give the product its aesthetic value.

http://www.hillashamia.com/?/projects/wood/