Unusual Materials-Street Signs Turned into Chairs

                                       Unusual Materials: Street Sign Chairs 

Often times when a designer is designing a room more traditional pieces of furniture are chosen to complete the space. The designer would often pick a couch covered in fabric, or a bookshelf that was made of solid wood. However, what if the designer pushed the envelope a little, and decided to use a chair that was made completely out of recycled streets signs; and a bookshelf made of the same material? Today the use of recycled materials is a big trend in any market. In addition, the use of unusual materials in interior design is starting to make a big impact in the design community.

How would you like to have a custom made piece of furniture that was made solely of street signs that one drives by everyday? Well that dream can become a reality thanks to Borris Bally. Borris Bally is a designer that takes everyone’s every day trash and turns it into a treasure.  Not only can one find custom pieces of furniture made from street signs, one can find flatware, clothes and home accessories. Bally has the talent to turn something that is ordinary into the extraordinary.

Today, designers need to push the envelope. Everyone one has seen the traditional sofa and love seat, four piece dinning set and side chairs. Design is about creating a space that is unlike any other space. It is about taking a space that is bland, and creating a space with a strong sense of design. One can get this effect by picking out pieces of furniture that are not traditional. Not only is the furniture fun and funky, this particular furniture can be used in many different spaces. The chairs could be found on the patio of a home, in a kid’s playroom, a contemporary loft in the city, and an office that is full of creative people.

One reason someone would chose this particular piece is because of the creativeness. Most people would stick to the normal unusual materials such as, water bottles, glass bottles, cork, etc. However, Bally decided to take something that most people just steal and use as wall decoration. Most people think street signs are just that, street signs. However, in Bally’s eyes a street sign is a piece of custom-made furniture for someone who has a bold design taste. Bally has a very special and rare talent that most dream to have.

Today design is about creating a space that is unlike any other. It is about taking a material the most people would not think to use. Being an interior designer allows you to take an unusual piece of furniture and make it feel as if this piece of furniture was meant to be in the space.  When designing remember that you can turn any unusual material into a piece of furniture as different, and functional as a chair made out of street signs.

                                               Works Citied

Borris Bally. (2009). Borris Bally Portifolio. Retrieved December 5, 2011, from                  http://www.borisbally.com/