It was Gift Show Week! The NY International Gift Show took place at the Javits Center and I want to talk about my most exciting discovery-Shiner. Shiner is a 1 month old furniture company whose designs are out of the ordinary and ethics are extraordinary.
Making furniture from off-cuts is not a brand new concept. The company Scrapile was founded in 2003 in Brooklyn, NY (I'm actually not sure if their still in business). However, I was impressed with Shiner's level of effort given to using and re-purposing materials destined for the landfill. And they don't stop there. The off-cuts of their off-cuts are used to fuel their timber kiln or are used to produce bio-diesel.
Shiner is connected with big industry, like companies who use sheet plastic. Often those sheets are protected, top and bottom, with carboard. In comes Shiner to take it off their hands. And the same with Styrofoam. This is the first time I've seen a pendant light made out of Styrofoam. And it's pretty cool lookin'. Go Shiner!
Shiner is based in Atlanta. For more information, please visit their website.
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