Pennsylvania skaters Adam Podlaski and his brother Jason noticed that a lot of perfectly good wood was going to waste when they and their friends would throw away broken skateboards. And that gave them an idea, according to a story on CBS3.com.
Adam said, “I approached Jay, and I was like, can you make me some furniture out of these things?” So Jason created the Deck Stool. “The design was really based on the way skateboards break,” said Jason. “A large percentage breaks at the truck, because they’re weakened by the holes that are drilled there for the truck. And then the rest break in the center. As you can see by the design, the longer ones become the legs, and the shorter pieces become the seats.”
Deckstools cost about $250 each, so at this point they’re a little more art than eco-furniture.
[Link: Deckstools via CBS3.com]
