REPURPOSE

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thoughtful designers have been integrating leftover materials into their work for years, but the results aren’t always as alluring as these. oao works’ ’31.3 polygon’ glassware is the result of a collaboration with a czech glassmaker, who uses ancient colour formulas to make pieces and then supplies oao works with his leftovers. these pieces are used to make glasses and prisms in shapes derived from a mathematical problem known as five-fold tiling. kvadrat’s ‘re-wool’ has a simpler concept: a blend of 45 per cent new wool and 45 per cent leftover wool with 10 per cent nylon, it’s both smart and durable.

’31.3 Polygon’ glassware, £3,200, by Omer Arbel, for OAO Works. ‘Re-wool’ fabric, £123 per m, by Margrethe Odgaard, for KvadratFor stockists, see page 169