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Articles 

Explore this page to discover a variety of articles and features showcasing creators who have crafted designs using both recycled tyre rubber or other types of rubber in their design.

Elle Decor Italy 

"This week's design gallery is a collection if moving bodies made of rubber (and patterned)" 

The Soundhouse 

The Soundhouse is home to music practice rooms, a percussion rehearsal room and recording studios. Huge 1/2 tonne sheets of vulcanised "rubber" were fixed over the structure with stainless steel studs to create a quilted affect that conveys the buildings well insulated qualities.

Tsibi Geva covers Israel's Venice biennale pavilion in tyres 

Israeli artist Tsibi Geva has wrapped his country's Venice pavilion in old car tyres and filled it with a mixture of found architectural and household objects to explore ideas about the home

Rubberhouse by Cityförster

Architecture collective Cityförster have completed a wooden house in the Netherlands with a black rubber skin.

Artist's studio in black rubber and seashells

Studio Mutt covers seaside artist's studio in black rubber and seashells

Studio Swine designs furniture for Henry Ford 

Studio Swine used very hard rubber to craft this black furniture collection, designed for American industrialist Henry Ford's failed utopian city.

From waste to wonder 

AI envisions recycled tires as sustainable construction materials.

Soled

Disused materials including tyres, burlap sacks and rope are recycled into footwear for the developing world in this project by Ravensbourne university students.

Black Ruby 

Rubber pellets made from recycled car tyres form the knobbly surfaces of these bowls and pots by Dutch designer Debbie Wijskamp.

Chair for Dali by Kei Harada / DO.DO

The designer focused on the characteristics of the rubber that looked the same but performed differently. He came up with the idea of the recliner chair by using the flexibility of rubber.

Ashcroft Design proposes hard drive cooling cover made from recycled tyres 

Ashcroft Design proposes a hard drive cooling cover made from recycled tires.

Carved Tyres 

Handcarved car tyre, variable dimensions. 

Industrial Aesthetic: The Tire Sculptures of Betsabée Romero and Chakaia Booker

National museum of women in the arts.

Belly of the beast 

Belly of the beast is a hillside folly with a scruffy coat made from old tyres. 

Center for Group Dynamics and Institutional Analysis 

Black rubber was used as a roof covering and for the eaves.

Tire Monument 

Found tires cast in marble dust resin.

Ash Allen's Flatpack "Sticks and Stones" Stool 

Melbourne-based designer Ash Allen was inspired by two elements of a Japanese rock garden – a naturally worn “skipping” stone and bamboo stems. The stool sits on three lightweight Tasmanian Oak legs (sticks) with a heavy cast “stone” seat above that incorporates recycled rubber crumb for texture and toughness.

Store made from Recycled Plastic Bottles, Rubber Tires, and Cans

This Store is Made from Recycled Plastic Bottles, Rubber Tires, and Cans

Wool warp with recycled rubber inner tube weft 

Melbourne-based designer Ash Allen was inspired by two elements of a Japanese rock garden – a naturally worn “skipping” stone and bamboo stems. The stool sits on three lightweight Tasmanian Oak legs (sticks) with a heavy cast “stone” seat above that incorporates recycled rubber crumb for texture and toughness.

Rubber Glory: Outdoor Bench From Recycled Inner Tubes

Outdoor Bench From Recycled Inner Tubes

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