Furniture made from recycled plastic bottles and food containers tackles waste, climate change at Singapore exhibition

‘N*thing Is Possible’ charts Bali-based hospitality group Potato Head’s journey to zero-waste with stylish furniture made of eco-friendly materials

Part of Singapore Design Week, it also showcases furniture by internationally acclaimed designers including Futura, Max Lamb, Andra Matin and Kengo Kuma

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Designer Andreu Carulla’s stools made with recycled polystyrene feature at “N*thing Is Possible” at Singapore’s National Design Centre, opening September 16 and part of Singapore Design Week.

Published: 4:15pm, 15 Sep 2022Updated: 4:33pm, 15 Sep 2022

“It’s kind of like clay but softer, maybe more like playdough,” muses designer Andreu Carulla on a Zoom call, holding up what looks like a twisted pink marshmallow stick. It is, in fact, a sample of an innovative new material made of discarded polystyrene.

Carulla, from Spain’s Catalonia region, recently designed colourful aluminium-frame stools with the putty-like material wrapped around the legs, topped with a recycled plastic seat made from products like old shampoo bottles.

The stools are among the many stylish pieces of furniture on display in “N*thing Is Possible”, an exhibition opening at Singapore’s National Design Centre on September 16 as part of Singapore Design Week.

The exhibition traces Bali-based hospitality and lifestyle brand Potato Head’s quest to go zero-waste while also showcasing furniture by internationally acclaimed designers the brand enlisted along the way.

Andreu Carulla wants to draw attention to the problem of polystyrene, which is used extensively for food containers.

“We called it ‘Nothing is Possible’ because … everything is possible but without any footprint or waste,” says exhibition co-curator David Gianotten, who is also a managing partner at architecture firm OMA, a long-time collaborator with Potato Head.