Art and Design

Calabash Plant Hanger Made Out of 3D-Printed Sawdust and Potato Starch

What inspires you to create?

For the people behind Dutch design label Rescued!, it all started with empty olive oil tins waiting for garbage pickup behind a Greek restaurant. With a designer’s eye for transforming trash into treasures, the team repurposed the tins into stools.

And that was just the beginning. What followed was an entire line of home goods made out of repurposed materials that were previously destined for the landfill.

Take the Calabash plant hanger, for example. It may look like pottery, but it is in fact 3D-printed using a material that’s a combination of sawdust and potato starch.

The Calabash hanger blends the elegance and simplicity of Dutch design with the eco-friendliness of putting industry byproducts to good use. And if you still believe that repurposed products are not the prettiest out there, the attention to detail and the sexy curves of the Calabash will definitely change your mind.

The philosophy behind the line of Rescued! products is all about believing that every object can tell a story. You don’t just buy a mass-manufactured off-the-shelf item. Instead, you bring into your home something that has its own story, its own history, its own imperfections and dents.

This is more than just a reused product. It’s a story of transformation and reinvention. By people who care, for people who care. And in the case of Rescued!, they don’t care just about the looks, but also about the people who make the objects that we welcome into our houses. The products are manufactured by skilled craftsmen with disabilities,  housed close to the social workshop where the products come to life.

By the way, if the word calabash sounds familiar, it’s because it’s a synonym of gourd.

“Look at the world through positive eyes and you’ll see treasures everywhere,” is the Rescued! motto, and we’re happy to oblige.

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All photos via Rescued!

For more well-designed plant hangers:

+ The Boskke Sky Planter

+ Botanical hanger inspired by nature and Gaudi

+ The lamp-terrarium ecosystem

+ Shinai, the minimalist oak hanger that grows with your plant

+ Masumoss, the new Japanese plant art trend

+ Sculptural air plant hangers from Fuxigold

 

 

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