Similar to Piet Hein Eek is the designer Tord Boontje. His "Rough and Ready" collection and in particular the chair in this series is well publicised and it is noted that since 1998, over 30,000 of the chair's manufacture instructions have been distributed. The concept of the rough and ready chair is for individuals to build their own unique chair out of salvaged or scrap material with the free instructions from Boontje's studio.
Boontje's philosophy behind his designs are also similar to those of Piet Hein Eek: "They have a feeling of incompleteness, a feeling that things might change. They are utilitarian works, which acknowledge the beauty of imperfection and offers an alternative to slick objects" (Tord Boontje)
A second year student in my university has built his own Boontje chair out of scrap material found in our workshop. It is reasonably comfortable, depending on the material used or cushions placed on the chair, and it also has the added value of being completely free as all the material was waste anyway.
A fourth year student from last year had a final idea similar to the Rough and Ready chair - the consumer bought the main seat component and then found items that could be substituted for the chair legs and the backrest.
I am making note of the fourth year students design because although my project is focused around the waste use concept, I do not want to design anything too similar as I feel there are many versions of this type of product and mine would only devalue the ones before me.
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