This project was developed with advice from Harriet Taub from Materials for The Arts, New York.
People run out of satisfaction very quickly and easily. Once they feel a certain product no longer serves its purpose or fit into their likings, it is discarded quickly and easily, before they soon buy a new one. This explains why most of the furniture that I found on the street are actually very repairable and transformable, however not enough people know how to do it, let alone are compelled to do it.
{UN}Wanted is a model organization that collects unwanted and damaged furniture from the streets of New York to be repurposed and transformed into new pieces of furniture. It is co-founded by designers who develop the project into a creative lab that welcomes the community to volunteer, collaborate and learn.
Our mission is: To challenge current perceptions of products and aesthetics through unique assemblages of salvaged furniture and to offer a creative solution to furniture waste, while inspiring a productive attitude in young urban dwellers.
{UN}Wanted offers a new kind of industrial process for a more sustainable future, while involving the community to leave their passive and consumptive attitude behind. By demonstrating design as more than just products and designers as facilitators, this strategy can be applied with many other ‘waste or material’ and in different urban context.
