Fabricate Project upcycles old clothing into DIY furniture
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Interested “upcyclers” can jump onto the Fabricate Project website and follow thestep by step instructions of how to build each piece at home
Making of the Press chair
The “Press” chair uses a creative folding technique and two end plates, which compress the textiles together
The “Roll” stool involves rolling a series of garments together before encasing them with a leather outer material which is then secured with buckles
"Hoods" upcycled old clothing into a bench seat by Michelle McDonell
McDonell came up with three simple construction techniques, which allows almost anyone to create these furniture pieces at home
Melbourne RMIT Bachelor of Design graduate, Michelle McDonell has come up with an innovative way to recycle old clothing into DIY furniture pieces
Melbourne RMIT Bachelor of Design graduate, Michelle McDonell has come up with an innovative way to recycle old clothing into DIY furniture pieces
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Michelle McDonell, a Bachelor of Design graduate from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) in Melbourne, Australia, has come up with an innovative way to recycle old clothing into DIY furniture pieces. Dubbed The Fabricate Project, the concept, which aims to save no longer usable garments from ending up in landfills, won her first prize of the RMIT Green Inventors Competition.
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