2024

Design Awards Silver Winner - Xuanhao LLC

PP Hive: table stands upcycled from PE bags and newspaper

Entrant

Xuanhao LLC

Category

Table & Desks Furniture - Coffee Table

Client's Name

Xuanhao Li

Country / Region:

United States

PP Hive is a sustainable self-forming table stand series made from upcycled polyethylene(PE) bags and newspapers. By leveraging the heat-shrink property of PE bags, PP Hive thermally fuses PE layers with laser-cut newspaper strips, resulting in designs that, after one thermal press, self-curve themselves from a flat plane into lightweight and durable table stands.
PP Hive extends the life cycles of two waste materials by transforming them into aesthetically pleasing, functional, and flat-packable new designs. The self-forming fabrication method also aligns with broader sustainability goals. PP Hive reduces the carbon footprint during fabrication by minimizing the need for labor and resource-intensive molding or shaping intervention.

Credits

Designer and Photographer/ Xuanhao LLC
Xuanhao Li
Assistant Professor/ Georgia Institute of Technology
HyunJoo Oh
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