back flip chair Installation

The story of the Cartonero BackFlip begins in 2001 with the collapse of the Argentinean economy and an unemployment rate of 60%. For years, hundreds of thousands of Cartoneros have systematized the recuperation of recyclable materials in a country with no official recycling program. These informal workers travel into Buenos Aires from its outskirts and, like a silent, peaceful army pick through the city's trash before it is hauled to landfills. A meager living is earned selling the recyclables gathered. But the recyclables market is collapsing. Our goal: create a chair the Cartoneros can use, produce, and sell – creating new economic possibilities. A chair by the Cartoneros, for the Cartoneros. An international cooperative asked us for designs utilizing a simple 80x80cm hot-press to be distributed via a chain of collectives in South America. From a single mold The Backflip is easily assembled without tools. and combines the soothing motion of a rocking chair with the comfort of a lounge chair, easily flat packed in the space of 80x80x4cm. To remain viable, the Cartoneros must augment their collection activities with a manufacturing stream. Working off a single press, and extracting shapes from a single mold makes this chair production realizable.

Installation:Mixed Media on Other

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:0.4 W x 0.4 H x 1 D in

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