Gallery: Art: Chop Shop Turns Trash Into Treasures

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    Nikola Nikolov's *Egg Shells* is a swirling ceiling installation of polyurethane paisley cut from surplus Egg outdoor chairs.
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    "Paisley is a very ancient symbol from Persia," says designer Nikola Nikolov about his creation *Egg Shells*. "It stands for life in eternity."
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    Designer Nikola Nikolov transformed surplus Egg outdoor chairs in this swirling ceiling installation.
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    Studio-Re-Creation, a Netherlands-based designer chop shop, will reincarnate your old junk as entirely new objects and ship them back.
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    Designer Nikola Nikolov turned a dusty laminating machine into this nifty desktop robot.
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