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Words by Oliver Theobald
Objective sustainability is a conundrum I have been wrestling with day in and day out for years now. My foundational belief is that we are a fundamentally unsustainable species, but I flip-flop between disillusionment and bullish defiance. Sustainability is ultimately a very chewy topic, one to be taken seriously and not misused for marketing purposes. But, in the furniture industry, it
is so easily misused by brands and it’s this ill-informed ‘greenwashing’ which makes me so angry.
If you really mean to be sustainable, you have to cast a questioning eye over everything that you do without any self-delusion. I know from experience there are many unsustainable practices taking place which undermine the environmental credentials of myriad designs on the market today. Brands may pat themselves on their backs over collections which they define as ‘sustainable’, but most often, the reality is murky.
Fuzl Studio designs Originals range of clip-together furniture
Dezeen Showroom: London designer Fuzl Studio has developed a range of flat-pack furniture consisting of birch-plywood panels that clip together with metal fasteners.
The Originals range includes a chair, stool, bench and three tables that rely on heavy-duty steel clips from the commercial packaging industry to hold them together.
Fuzl Studio s Originals range includes a chair and bench
Developed by manufacturer Clip-Lok SimPak, these QIK clips are normally used to hold together plywood shipping crates to transport fragile goods around the world.
But in this case, they allow furniture to be quickly assembled, disassembled and repaired by clipping on replacement pieces.