Really cool video out of Altenmarkt, Austria where the folks at Salomon saw value detritus swept up from the manufacturing floor and decided to the bits and scraps of material destined for the dump and give them new life. Not only this an environmentally friendly practice, I think that speckled finish is really sharp. Lets hope this catches on across the industry:
“A small group of designers, product developers and R&D experts from across Salomon looked at the production waste around them and wondered what they might be able to create using only these materials that were about to go out in the trash. They got their hands dirty, picking through ABS, Polypropylene, PU and PA materials in the trash bins of the Salomon prototyping center. Then, with a shredder and a heat press machine, they experimented with the materials they collected, creating everything from snowboard binding pieces to ski boot shells to running shoe parts and even snowboards and skis. Their goal was to change the way people look at trash.”