Research and design studio The New Raw has proudly proclaimed that they are going zero waste by 3D printing a limited-edition Ermis chair made from recycled production waste material.
Because the production waste material used to create the limited-edition Ermis chair is sourced from batches of different colours, each chair is one of a kind, offering various transitions and gradients.
“The New Raw does a lot of research by design, which by nature, is very wasteful,” says The New Raw founders Panos Sakkas and Foteini Setaki. “Everything new emerges from a process of trial and error. Failures and their critical evaluation constitute an integral part of the studio’s methodology, and by the end of the process, a considerable quantity of material that needs to be handled appropriately, is left behind. Finding a way to reuse this material and reduce the volume of waste generated by the studio’s R&D, became the catalyst to create the limited chair series.”
“Making a product from recycled and/or recyclable material is not the be-all and end-all of sustainable design,” explains The New Raw. “The adhesives and resins (glues) and the additional finishing and coatings (for colouring or glossiness) commonly used in traditional furniture manufacturing, make the harvesting of recyclable materials challenging at the end of their life.”
As such, The New Raw works with a single material so that their products can be easily recycled. The limited-edition Ermis chair is a prime example of The New Raw’s circular concept at work.
All images in this article are courtesy of The New Raw.
