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.

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

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

My fav shirt is a 1997 or so Alexander McQueen houndstooth check with off-road tire patterns criss-cross printed over the standard fabric. Couple of years ago I only reluctantly gave that double-layered sweatshirt with dozens of burn holes in the upper layer to my then bf, although I purposefully bought it for him in order to lure him away from that off the shelve skater-cum-Abercrombie look. Greil Marcus´ “Lipstick Traces” (”Geez, we used to hang out with this kid from the blurbs back in West-Berlin times”, friends informed me …

“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..