Take a seat...and have a drink

I am posting "To do" Tuesday's a bit early. This week I thought it would be great to spotlight a new chair that only just made its debut last week in NYC, San Francisco and Atlanta. Made from 111 recycled plastic Coke bottles, the 111 Navy Chair is the result of a collaboration between Emeco and Coca-Cola.  I saw this today when I perused my DWR catalog. I love it, not only is it made from 65% recycled materials, it comes in 6 colors and is not badly priced. This took 4 years of research, design and testing, and an update to the original 111 Navy Chair out in 1944, that was made in aluminum(it is still sold today and made of 80% recycled aluminum) . You can only purchase from Design Within Reach, right now there is a 2-4 week lead time. 

Photo courtesy of dwr.com

Austin is lucky enough to be one of seven locations around the US to launch this chair. There are launch parties this Friday here and in Portland from 6-8pm, with a LA being last, next week. RSVP for the launch via www.111navychair.com/austin/     See you there!


Another chair with recycling in mind is the Adirondack Collection launched 2 years ago from Loll Designs, and is sold by their site and DWR. Another iconic chair, this is a new take on the classic Adirondack chair, typically made of wood, but in this case is now 100% recycled polyethylene. They estimate that 8 recycled milk jugs go into each pound of their chair, which in itself is recyclable. The material is fade-resistant, waterproof and maintenance free(which you can not say for the original). They also ship the chair flat to save on packaging materials, and the plant sends 90% of their waste to a recycling plant. Now thats taking recycling to a whole new level. The chair comes in 7 fresh colors. 

Photo courtesy of lolldesigns.com

**Take a peek at Loll Designs website, they have many awesome designs, all made of recycled materials.** Have a super Tuesday!!