Harvard Graduate Creates Luxury Furniture from Old Tyre Rubber

We are all used to the usual images of furniture made from tyres, usually in some backstreet in a “developing” nation. But, it need not always be the gaudily painted tyres wrapped in sisal. New York City-based designer company Slash Objects, has taken a different tack on using recycled rubber materials, blending them with granite and brass to create some stunning pieces that could grace any designer home.

Graduate Turns Recycled Rubber into Luxury Furniture

Slash Objects pairs rubber with marble, brass, and concrete to create side tables, day beds, and more with robust textures and...