FurniGadget: N+ew freezes your e-waste into a stool

This is one of Rodrigo Alonso’s stools. It’s part of a series of furniture called N+ew, which stands for “No More Electronic Waste,” the Chilean artist felt the best way to dispose of electronic gadgetry that had fallen by the wayside, was to encase it in epoxy resin and sell it to aesthetes worldwide. As you can see, the collection has a rare, distinct beauty that recalls Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona chair and Arne Jacobsen’s No. 7 seat. If you find yourself unable to resist a purchase, bespoke editions can be ordered from the sculptor’s website as the perfect conversation starter — as long as you enjoy every conversation beginning with “What on earth possessed you to buy one of those things?”

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