If you have ever lived in a university or college dorm, you have likely donated 1/3 of your living space to empty beer bottles and beer cans. Often having no means of transportation to get them returned to the beer store, many people make tables or chairs out of their recyclables, but not many go quite as far as the people at Tabby Inc. who have created light fixtures for the home from otherwise useless material.
This Texas-based company is known for designing innovative home furnishings from old empties, sometimes using up to three dozen bottles for one fixture. One thing is for sure, it must have taken one hell of a party to generate the material for these beauties.
Beer Bottle Decor
Tabby Inc. Hangs Up Empties Chandelier Style
Trend Themes
1. Sustainable Home Decor - Designing light fixtures and other home furnishings from recycled materials presents a disruptive innovation opportunity in the sustainable home decor industry.
2. Upcycling - Transforming empty beer bottles into unique and stylish decor items opens up disruptive innovation possibilities in the upcycling industry.
3. DIY Recyclables - Encouraging individuals to repurpose their recyclables for DIY projects can create disruptive innovation opportunities in the home decor and DIY industries.
Industry Implications
1. Sustainable Home Decor - The sustainable home decor industry can benefit from designing light fixtures and other furnishings using recycled materials.
2. Upcycling - The upcycling industry has the potential for disruptive innovation by transforming empty beer bottles into unique and stylish decor items.
3. DIY and Home Decor - Both the DIY and home decor industries can explore disruptive innovation by encouraging individuals to repurpose their recyclables for DIY projects.