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.
[...] playground equipment right?…which is why I have to share this with you…I just saw it at Readymade magazine. Get that ugly yellow playground slide thing out of you beautiful garden and re-purpose it into a [...]
Evan,You “ROCK”!! Too Cool, making a real cool chair out of a playground slide.It’s wonderful,to have such a great Imagination.I also save and reuse things,that I come across in my life.Many times I been thought of just saving Junk.hummm.. Well look who having the ;ast laugh,now.:) Now your considered doing the right thing, by not throwing so much into our landfulls.You keep doing what your doing.And enjoy life everyday.Have a Great New Year Sandra in High Springs,Florida