05 March 2011

Design for sustainability - old magazines wall

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The Swedish architecture firm Elding Oscarson has created some unique partition walls for a graphics company's new office layout.

They used stacks of old magazines in a recycle-extravaganza which not only creates a very warm effect but also provides a striking linear pattern which I personally like.  The sound muffling characteristics of the material will likely generate a softer atmosphere in the adjacent rooms.

I would love to see more of these types of lovely and meaningful installations in corporate environments.  Having suited-up for about a decade, I can testify to the huge amounts of glossy magazines full of prettiness that are scattered throughout the offices and lobbies.

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