Reuse furniture

Ah the milk crate, the original building block for DIY furniture. Milk crates are often abused in a design sense by students looking for cheap – read free – storage solutions. But we’ve always known they could be so much more which is why we were so excited when we saw Tasmanian furniture designer Simon Ancher’s clever milk crate stool. With the simple addition of a wooden ‘top’, the crate is transformed into an attractive comfortable seat.

Skip screws and forget glue: these pieces are both built from and fused together with melted metal odds and ends - wooden structural elements cemented in molten tin, all locally recycled materials. As a result, they're absolutely one of a kind, looking like no other furniture you'll ever see. Re ...

This skeletal furniture collection by Dutch design studio Tjep. was created in bronze as a response to emerging digital production technologies

Brazilian designer Mauricio Arruda has designed a collection of storage units that house ubiquitous plastic crates. Called José Collection, the crates are made of recycled plastic and slot neatly into specially-made wooden frames with steel legs. The crates could still be used as a means of transporting goods, minimising the use of cardboard boxes and

Very fresh and stylish Barrel Couch by Vladimir Kevreshan #recycled #reporposed #reuse #upcycled

Njustudio is a design studio located in Coburg, Germany; last year, the designers came up with a clever idea for putting your magazine stacks to use with t

Talk about a multipurpose home solution

Lucas Muñoz, a Spanish designer has created Pipe Chair made from big industrial pipes used in factories and he calls it Objects From Interstitial Space.