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[30 Aug 2010 | No Comment | ]
Molten Mono

Last one in the small melt & burn series is a real-life shot from Santa Barbara/CA found here. Is it only me who gets the impression this thing unintentionally created by a fire in a nursing school looks most impressive compared to the more artistic works in recent posts?

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[18 Aug 2010 | No Comment | ]
Reasonable Violence II

Just came across a real, real weird application for a beyond repair damaged plastic chair.. What is this evil angle grinder about to do to this wonderful 1980s model, likely to be made by Kettler? Click image for more..

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[18 Aug 2010 | No Comment | ]
Reasonable Violence

Dimitri Nakassis, Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto´s Department of Classics seems in an uncontrolled spray of violence, but there actually is a very well determined goal for his action. Click the photo and follow the link to learn which.

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[20 Apr 2010 | No Comment | ]
The Rolex-Monobloc stool

Sorry, there won´t be a big, fat Rolex-logo on a plastic chair in this post. The story behind the photo isn´t bad though at all, some Rolex involved.

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[10 Dec 2009 | No Comment | ]
Still good: A short anatomy of Monobloc repairs

In the West, 95% of broken Monoblocs end up in the trash, which isn´t the worst thing: Polypropylene is a thermoplast and can be recycled easily if the trash is properly sorted. In other regions of the world, the price of a plastic chair often equals a day´s work salary or more, and people go to great lengths trying to keep the furniture. Below a short richly illustrated look at different approaches.

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[8 Dec 2009 | No Comment | ]
Mono on the move II

More monobloc plastic chairs in, on top or some other way fixed to various motorized vehicles..

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[13 Nov 2009 | One Comment | ]
Prosthetics I (Legs)

As people can live without a leg or two, so can monobloc plastic chairs. Various examples from around the world.

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[16 Oct 2009 | One Comment | ]

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[21 Jul 2009 | No Comment | ]
Mono stool.. lock?

“I’ve always wondered about shops here in the Philippines, whenever they close for the night, shopkeepers would always tie a chair on the door. always wondered what the chair is for.” Here is why..