TranSglass
The idea around this project was to “use what we have”. Boontje alongside Emma Woffenden created these designs by using recycled bottles and the simple machines that they had in their workshop.
Essentially this philosophy is an example of upcycling and post-consumer waste, they are taking an object which was once useless and giving it value, “We pop a candle into the neck and it is a candelabra, we fill it with flowers and it becomes a vase. A diagonally-cut Soave bottle becomes a jug, two Chardonnay bottles make a carafe. Silician table wine transforms into a vase for orchids and the bottoms of beer bottles make a group of drinking glasses”
This project illustrates Boontjes earlier minimalistic approach to design with clean, smooth lines and soft colours. Transglass also clarifies Boontjes love of nature as the vases emphasize the beauty of the flowers as well as the vase colours being earthy naturalistic green tones.
