sit up at 100% futures presented sixteen seats born from and embracing their sustainable origins. the exhibition attempted to illustrate a vision for design practice, reaching beyond the field of seating, where sustainability is not seen as a hinderance or restrictive requirement but an opportunity for inspiration. here are designboom’s pictures of a selection of the seats on show.

(above) ‘poly-morph’ designed by lou rota rota salvages abundant, redundant polypropylene chairs and through the technique of decoupage transforms an accepted utilitarian tool into a ‘covetable object’.

sit up and [re]design at 100% futures ‘rocky the sheep’ designed my sam murat a fun rocking seat that promotes the use of sheepskin, a sustainable yet luxurious locally available resource. the rocking legs are also made from locally sourced ash offcuts.

sit up and [re]design at 100% futures ‘once a door’ designed by claire heather-danthois part of a series of sculptural seats made from reclaimed timber, in this case a door. steel cables give the chair its form and flexibility.

sit up and [re]design at 100% futures ‘tetris’ designed by wemake ‘the worlds cheapest designer furniture’. tetris is a modular furniture system based on a 10cm grid, which encourages people to reuse discarded cardboard packaging.

sit up and [re]design at 100% futures (left) ‘rd4s’ designed by cohda the latest in cohda’s series of ‘roughly drawn’ chairs, manufactured by draping extruded, recycled plastic over a former.

(top right) ‘max’ designed by reestore a custom-upholstered sofa made from a discarded vintage cast iron bath, re-used fabric and refurbished legs.

(bottom right) ‘grownup stool’ by christopher cattle three tree saplings are trained to grow into the form of the stool legs, using a jig, and grafted together. cattle’s inspiration came from a quest to manufacture furniture using less energy.