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The great challenge of the designer currently, as creator of products, is to seek the best way to reduce the impacts of stuffs from production to disposal. The reuse of materials is one of the most effective alternatives to reduce waste.This project envisioned the possibility of reuse polyester blinds that would be discarded, using them to develop a product. It was chosen use the material in woven, because of the greater possibility of application and greater resistance of woven material. A chair for terrace was designed. These environment has the characteristic of woven furniture and fits with the properties of the material.
Federal University of Santa Maria
Santa Maria, Brazil
Elenice Lopes,
Federal University of Santa Maria