Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS (DIFFA) launched its annual Dining by Design show last night and among the many "dining environments" on display was one by no less than... Coca-Cola. And it is all so very green. The soda giant's entry into the show, which John Waters once called "the Cannes of Tabletop," was made entirely from repurposed materials.
Those chairs? Made from 11 recycled plastic bottles. The lights? Hand-blown glass lighting from "upcycled" Coca-Cola bottles by Texas's Wolf Art Glass. The dome and table? Why those are made from 60% recycled material (the frame is entirely made of recycled aluminum). The dinner plates? Made from Spanish glass municipal waste. The salad plates? Made from recycled Japanese glass.
The whole thing was put together by set designer Stefan Beckman.
You can check out the recycled tabletop, along with a whole lot more extravagant and uncycled (Decycled? Original materialed? What is the word for something that has yet to be recycled?) tabletops at the show at Pier 94 (12th Avenue and 55th Street). Tickets are $25 and the show runs through Monday.
