Flamboyant TV personality and interior designer Lawrence Llewelyn-Bowen has come up with a novel way to encourage recycling - by using his old drinks cans to build a unique chair. Llewelyn-Bowen was commission by Can Couture to make his chair and all cans used were ones used by his family.

“I really enjoy working with new material,” Llewelyn-Bowen explained. “So the idea of using recycled drinks cans to produce an elegant yet flamboyant chair was a huge challenge for me. Recycling is hugely importnat in this day and age and drinks cans are one of the most environmentally friendly tyres of packaging as each one is 100% recyclable.

“They can also be recycled infinitely so technically I could produce an entirely new piece of furniture for next season by melting down this chair!”

If you want to see this piece of recycling artwork, it will be on display in London’s City Hall before embarking on a European-wide tour demonstrating how design and the environment can work together. The Can Can Chair will then return to the UK where it will be auctioned off for charity.

[Source: ananova.com]

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