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Trending Terrazzo By Bottle-Up

Bottle-Up is a foundation, founded by designers, that aims to upcycle and turn tourist waste into beautiful, functional products. In Zanzibar, tourism is a huge market. However, with tourism comes a price—huge increase in glass waste left behind. Thus, Bottle-Up’s mission to raise awareness about recycling and upcycling of glass.

They recently debuted Trending Terrazzo, a collection of products formed using interesting “moulds” found on the island. These found pieces are given a new, functional purpose. For example, a metal wok became the base of a table, and a piece of iron acted as a mold for the leg of a table. The furniture is not just for show— it will have a place in Zanzibar hotels in the future, thus coming full circle.

Photos by Jeroen van der Wielen.

After surviving a quarter life crisis, Nanette went from working in healthcare canadian meds to pursuing her loves of design, food and writing. During the day she works in social media marketing, by night she writes for Design Milk. You can find more of her work at nanettewong.com.