Roly Poly Green
Designed by:
Toogood F
Co-Designed by:
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Designer:
Faye Toogood
Co-Designer:
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Country of Origin (Designer):
England
Date of Design:
2021
Date of Manufacture:
2021
Decade:
2020s
Region:
Europe
Significance:
Originally designed by Faye Toogood for Driade introduced from 2014 this version of the Roly Poly was released in 2021. The Roly Poly Green is made from post industrial waste from internal production, and post-consumer waste including PET. The material cannot be recycled at end of life. This heavy chair (15 kg) is only available in one colour. While achieving full marks for being completely made from recycled plastic this design failed to score for any of the other attributes measured in my comparison of sustainable designs and therefore received an overall poor score. Faye Toogood is a British artist and designer. Her experimental practice seeks to explore and dismantle the hierarchies between design and art, functional form and sculpture.
Her works have been acquired for the permanent collections of institutions worldwide, including Philadelphia Museum of Art, US; Dallas Museum of Art, US; High Museum of Art, Atlanta, US; Corning Museum of Glass, New York, US; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, AUS; Baltimore Museum of Art, US; Denver Museum of Art, US; Pizzuti Collection of the Columbus Museum of Art, US; and Fabergé Museum, St Petersburg, Russia.
Toogood has exhibited at Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK; Milan Triennale, Italy; D Museum, Seoul, South Korea; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, AUS; National Theatre, Qatar and Chatsworth House, Derbyshire, UK.
Manufacturer:
Driade
Country of Origin (Manufacturer):
Italy
Material:
Technopolymer
Process:
Rotational moulded
Monobloc:
Yes
Cantilever:
No
Renewable Carbon:
Yes
ERPR Score:
4
ERPR Rating:
Poor
Weight:
15
Note:
Made from post industrial waste from internal production, and post-consumer waste including PET. The material cannot be recycled at end of life. This heavy chair is only available in one colour. While achieving full marks for being completely made from recycled plastic this design failed to score for any of the other attributes measured by the ERPR.
Image Credit:
Driade