Lien
By Suraj Vijayakumar
A three-seater lounge where industrial waste meets textile renewal. The anodized aluminum frame, once a discarded table top from Tait Furniture -is reborn as angular seating, while reclaimed canvas bag handles from After are hand-dyed with plant pigments and tension-woven into a supportive backrest.
This piece emerged from two acts of reclamation:
Industrial Salvage: Rescuing a flawed aluminum table top from my workplace’s scrap pile, reforming it through precision bending, preserving its manufacturing scars as design features. Rescuing and transforming it into functional art aligns with my commitment to circular design.
Textile Revival: Collection of intact handles from discarded bags from After’s warehouse, transforming them through natural dyeing to create a ‘memory’ of their past lives.
The title Lien (French for ‘connection’) refers to both the physical bond of materials and the invisible link between manufacturing waste and craft revival.
