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Shoot Yourself Some New Furniture

02.17.15

Posted by Nanette Wong

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Well, this is new. James Shaw recently created a gun that turns thermoplastics into colorful, playful furniture.

Based on the idea of sustainability, the gun is a thought-provoking way that can create a finished piece without creating more waste.

The plastic-extrusion guns turns the extrusion of polymers into a handheld function, rather than sending it to be done in factories. It joins a papier-mâché and a pewter gun in the designer’s new line, The Plastic Baroque.

Plastic Baroque is, in the end, about sustainability. It is part of a larger, recycling focused design movement, which also includes Dave Hakkens’ Precious Plastics project.

Photos by Paul Plews.

After surviving a quarter life crisis, Nanette went from working in healthcare 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.

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