Recycled skateboard decks furniture design
DESIGN: Antoni Rzepca
Poland
make me! 2024
The project involved creating several items from used skateboard decks made from seven layers of colorful Canadian maple veneers, which have significant design potential, despite being no longer suitable for riding. The biggest challenge was mastering the complex curves of the deck and appropriately adapting their nature to the designed product.
In Poland, the number of skateboarders is around 20,000 and each of them replaces their deck at least once a year. To avoid waste and ensure an easy supply of material, I designed a special stand for collecting used boards.
During the project I focused on making the production and preparation of the material cost-effective and environmentally friendly.
Among the designed items are a stool, a desk lamp, and a tray. The idea to create these particular items emerged during the study of the material and its characteristics, which suggested suitable functional uses.
Recycled skateboard decks furniture design, design: Antoni Rzepka / form designer’s archive
Recycled skateboard decks furniture design, design: Antoni Rzepka / form designer’s archive
Recycled skateboard decks furniture design, design: Antoni Rzepka / form designer’s archive
Recycled skateboard decks furniture design, design: Antoni Rzepka / form designer’s archive
Antoni Rzepka
Warsaw’s Academy of Fine Arts graduate with a Bachelor’s degree in Design. The favorite part of his designer job is creating prototypes in the studio’s workshop. He operates a variety of tools on a daily basis, from a hand drill to a 5 axis CNC machine. In his designs he focuses on detailed hand crafted furniture, while remaining environmentally sustainable. Privately, he is a passionate skateboarder with over 14 years of experience. It came in handy when he and his friends founded and ran a small skateboard company – Calcium LTD.
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