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The sink itself is a recycled oil sump
Israeli artist Ronen Wasserman turned recycling into an art form. Literally. For the Ronmen TinMan design studio, Wasserman creates on-off furniture pieces from recycled car parts. Says TinMan in its mission statement:
“At the TinMan studio, we are aware that the availability of raw materials is limited.”
A peaceful use
“To promote awareness of smart consumption habits and maximize the resources at hand, we use parts of cars and motorcycles found in junkyards, and transform them into functional, useful products that are used daily.”
“Doing so, we infuse these parts with a second life, while preserving a hint of their glamorous automotive history.”
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- A peaceful use
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- The sink itself is a recycled oi sump
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March 1993 in London.. At this place called the Intrepid Fox.. dont know if it is still there.. Sat on bar stools made out of tranny cases. I know, typical, but I still thought it very cool. They also had the hubcap ash trays.
I rarely get all excited and type in all caps, but:
OMFG WANT
That Volvo sink, ye GODS that thing is pretty!
Very impressive, I really like recycling car parts into something creative and useful.
Those do look cool, but upon seeing the Toyota pickup tailgate cabinet and reading the below sentence, my highly attuned ‘Arty-farty bullsh*t detector’ alarm went off:
“…we infuse these parts with a second life, while preserving a hint of their glamorous automotive history.”
Toyota pickup. Glamorous. Yeeeees.
I’m sure they think that way after cutting up a Cavalier or a Festiva as well.
The web site products are gr8. The Toyota Hi-lux tailgate is luxurious…
I’m sure you mean ‘glamorous’.
No. It’s not the Hi-Glam
This is more so recycling than art, how come they haven’t made something from the millions of Neons that you’ll find in a scrapyard?
Stuff like this would be awesome for the garage; I especially like the sink.
To condense further: MuMa Meets MoMa.
They shall go further as they saw the possibilities we did not.
I know I’m not the only one who’d like to see that Toyota wardrobe repurposed as a refrigerator, though I’d prefer a gas-fired cooling system for portability.