Feb 25, 2015 7:00 AM

Gallery: A Novel Furniture Idea: Squeeze It From a Tube

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"People have a warm feeling towards materials like wood,” says designer James Shaw. Plastic, on the other hand? Not so much.
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Shaw’s latest line of furniture puts some of the world's excess plastic to use in a way he hopes will reignite consumers’ appreciation for the ubiquitous material.

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The Plastic Baroque includes coffee and side tables, and a wall-mounted lamp, all made from extruded plastic and glass.
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The plastic elements look like ropes made out of Play-doh, but the pieces are influenced by baroque furniture from the 18th century, with a color scheme based on a palace that belonged to Catherine the Great.

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For the project, Shaw built his own extrusion gun that can emit molten plastic at about a one-inch diameter. It works a little like a hot glue gun, but bigger, and it’s loaded with old plastic collected from east London recycling centers.
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Another of Shaw's odd experimental works is on display at MoMA in New York City.

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See some of the designer's older work [here.](http://stag-mantis.wired.com/2013/06/design_06212013_funguns/)

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