The last time we saw someone trying to recycle leather waste, the results were mixed (literally). But designer Lars Beller Fjetland has managed to create a beautiful, finished, production-ready product from leather scraps.
The line of pillows is tellingly called Link. If you don't understand the construction of the cover, have a look at the reverse side:
As you can see, Fjetland has gathered hundreds of leather cut-offs and presumably created a custom cookie-cutter-like tool to punch out the shapes. He's then painstakingly assembled them, tab-and-slot style.
And as Fjetland points out on his website, the process can be scaled up, "ranging from small pillows to carpets." The labor-intensive Link-creating process must require both patience and nimble fingers, but we can't argue with the results.
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