Wingback Chair from Recycled Playground Slide
Katherine Sharpe
Holy re-use, Batman! This intimate yellow chair looks like the perfect hideaway for a mod super-villain (who might sit in it while discussing evil schemes on this phone). The yellow chair frame is made from a reclaimed jungle gym slide that the chair's maker, Evan Dublin, found at the Build It Green salvage yard in Astoria, Queens.
Evan recently finished his undergraduate degree at Pratt Institute, where he majored in industrial design. Jonas Workroom, a Manhattan upholsterer, did the upholstery work on the chair, which Evan describes as a wing-back. The upholstery fabric is a wool blend, with foam padding underneath. The legs are white oak. Evan calls the one-of-a-kind creation the Slide Chair. We call it a promising start to a young designer's career.
Evan recently finished his undergraduate degree at Pratt Institute, where he majored in industrial design. Jonas Workroom, a Manhattan upholsterer, did the upholstery work on the chair, which Evan describes as a wing-back. The upholstery fabric is a wool blend, with foam padding underneath. The legs are white oak. Evan calls the one-of-a-kind creation the Slide Chair. We call it a promising start to a young designer's career.
