The "Thinker Table" by Tom Price is an example of a design that has all the potential to promote a Green approach, but the designer is not that way inclined. Price could have used scrap material, PVC offcuts, in this design but has chosen not to and also chosen not to mention the Green potential in the description on his website.
Why? I believe that Price might have felt the quality of the final outcome should be the highest possible (commissioned by Chinese gallery, Chapter 7) therefore purchasing and working with new material - the gallery may have even stated that they wanted the quality of new material rather than the worn out look of waste PVC.
Some may acuse Price and other designers of sheltering under the wings of "Green design" by the way some of their work is presented or construed by the public - The Campana Brothers work uses what looks like could be existing, waste material, however it has been reported that for some of their designs, new material was bought and worked with.
But we should not get caught up in a "Green" or "Not Green" debate, the important part is that the user sees the potential for the Green design - the scrap PVC instead of new material. This will further expand both their appreciation and belief in the far reaching grasp of Green design.
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