The Trash Closet by Marijke & Sander Lucas utilizes leftover furniture that would normally end-up in a landfill.
By incorporating leftover furniture to produce an outstandingly functional and eye-catching storage unit, the designers strive to inform individuals about our global furniture-waste catastrophe.
The possibilities of creating high-end furniture with recycled furniture in order for people to be more environmentally conscious was the primary motivating factor for the two Dutch designers:
Considering the environmental devastation occurring on a global-scale; ranging from deforestation in the Amazon to our global consumerism crisis, The Trash Closet is intended to be an aesthetic attention grabber with the purpose of educating individuals to be more cautious with what they do with old furniture Sander Lucas
