Jens Praet Shredded Furniture
Shredded series 2 console.
Jens praet shredded furniture. Dressed ware series 1 vase. Dressed series 2 low table. Studio jens praet shredded table magazine what started as a research projects turned out to be a continuously growing furniture collection that ended up transforming seemingly useless documents and leftover magazines into useful objects. Shredded series 1 side table.
Studio jens praet s work has been exhibited at important international venues and has been featured in many major design publications and newspaper world wide. Studio jens praet has developed an innovative and unique approach to the use of waste materials in furniture design. Shredded series 3 low table. According to jens praet what started out as a research project turned out to be a continuously growing furniture collection that ended up transforming seemingly useless documents and leftover magazines into useful objects.
Shredded series 3 high bench. Paper waste returns to our living or working area as usable furniture. Shredded magazines including art in america are among the materials that go into the creations of furniture designer jens praet. Shredded series 3 library.
Jens praet s shredded art auction magazine furniture all images by kent pell courtesy of sebastian barque and jens praet. We first spotted his work at design miami in december 2012. Praet s shredded side table is part of the permanent collection of the carnegie museum of art in pittsburgh and the mint museum in charlotte north carolina. Jens praet is a belgian designer based in panzano.
Processus series 2 shelf. Belgium born florence based designer studio jens praet has expanded upon the shredded collection a series of furniture pieces constructed from shredded paper and magazines mixed with resin. Jens praet a belgian furniture designer has found a use for the huge masses of wastepaper produced in offices. The belgian born designer who has a studio near florence is.
Working with the support of elle decor praet undertakes a several step process to make each piece in the shredded series. Shredded series 3 table. In his series of furniture titled shredded he literally has taken non useful documents and leftover magazines and shredded them transforming into valuable and useful objects including. Dressed series 1 table.
And his solution is as beautiful as it is smart recycling the paper material back into use.