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AELLON's Grace: Sustainable Furniture from Uhuru and a 61-Foot Fishing Boat

Digby Beam Table, from structural beams that framed the Grace's hull.

With dumpster divers, salvage supply warehouses and innumerable upcycled interiors dotting the landscape, Brooklyn might be home to some of the thriftiest and innovative recyclers. Brooklyn-based designers Uhuru are no strangers to using reclaimed material. The design duo of Jason Horvath and Bill Hilgendorf were name-checked in a recent NYTimes article about their 2010 Coney Island line made from reclaimed boardwalk Ipe wood and we wrote in-depth about their 2011 War Craft collection made from planks salvaged from the USS...

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Published By: Industrial Design - Friday, 20 July, 2012

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