The Pi Table
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Carlos Salgado and Bart Bettencourt stand in their Brooklyn studio, where they invented Scrapile’s signature striated wood surface out of salvaged scrap wood.Photo by: Eirik Johnson
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Dumpster Diving
The first step in the Scrapile process is to acquire raw materials. Salgado and Bettencourt are beggars, not choosers: Any wood—from cherry to walnut—will do.
A Design Emerges
All of Scrapile’s sharp modern forms come from the solid block of wood.
Dim Some, Lose Some
Waste extends far beyond what winds up in the landfill. The International Dark-Sky Association leads the charge against light pollution.
Racer Sidecar Table
Would you believe this sleek side table started out as a pile of milk jugs? Postconsumer, industrial high-density polyethylene looks so much better when it's holding your lemonade, not holed up in a landfill.
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