Sending out an SOS : Save Our Sofas

We all see them on the side of the road – unloved sofas and chairs awaiting the garbage truck (or a creative student household). Often, furniture is discarded when the upholstery wears out, long before its effective life is over. As an environmentally friendly alternative to retiring seating to landfill, Schamburg+Alvisse are sending out an SOS (Save our Sofas). Our Product Stewardship Program aims to extend the life of your Schamburg+Alvisse …

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Schamburg+Alvisse: New Ideas from Old

Article: The Innovative Household Magazine 2010 Sandy Leen asks how furniture designers are transforming old ideas and unwanted items into stylish and functional handcrafted furniture: Fancy a table fashioned from disused engine parts or recycled forks? Or is relaxing in a lounge chair made of inflatable material more your style? Such entries in the spring 2009 Melbourne Fringe Furniture Festival reflect an increasing trend amongst furniture designers towards re-furbishing and …

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Schamburg+Alvisse: Greening Your Business

Judy Friedlander from DQ magazine talks to Marc Schamburg about what brings a business into green ; looking at a company who has successfully tackled the challenge. Green is the new black according to Marc Schamburg of Schamburg + Alvisse, a shining example of an Australian company that has struck a commercial advantage by adopting sustainable practices into its furniture and product development. According to Schamburg, sustainability is increasingly mainstream, …

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Expendable or Valuable? State. Respond. Exhibition at Object

In our current struggle with climate change and global financial crises, will our values change? The idea that something is expendable or worthless is only a point of view. For the ethical and the aware, waste matter presents new opportunity. (Marc Schamburg) Schamburg + Alvisse are included in the State.Respond. exhibition at Object Gallery, Surry Hills. Object curated the exhibition to feature five design practices with a significant track record in …

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