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CarbonShack Adds to Sustainable Furniture with “Bright Seas”
September 20,
2023 by HFBusiness Staff in Business Strategy, Industry 
CarbonShack, a sustainably-focused residential design and interior products firm, embraces and teaches the message of sustainability, often by combining art and design, always with beauty, craftsmanship and efficiency at the core. To that end, CarbonShack has added to its sustainable bonafides by launching a new furniture line titled “Bright Seas” in collaboration with a company reshaping the future of plastic waste, ByFusion. The furniture pieces are literally made of blocks comprised of marine plastics removed from our oceans.
“Bright Seas” pieces, which can be used both indoors and outdoors, are made of ByFusion’s construction-grade ByBlocks® which transform dangerous marine plastics into functional blocks, typically used as a construction material.
CarbonShack has taken the blocks, stacked and joined them together to form sturdy, comfortable and colorful seating and tables. The “Bright Seas” chair can stand alone or be lined up in multiples to form settees and sofas.
The “Bright Seas” coffee table, with its softly rendered bottom edges, offers a functional low plinth for serving food and drinks, or displaying works of art. The pieces are inherently water-resistant, and optional plush seat pads of sustainably produced hemp fabric may be added.
“There is no shortage of opportunities for all of us to become responsible stewards of the environment,” states Greg Roth, Senior Designer for CarbonShack. “By repurposing not just this innovative sustainable construction product, but also the waste product itself (harmful sea plastics), we hope to shift focus to the notion that good design can also do good.”
“Bright Seas” provides a concentrated example of what CarbonShack does every day: embrace the reuse, repurposing and conscientious planning of materials in every aspect of both their design-build business and their interior design business.
Adds Roth, “When we build, we know that the idea behind embodied carbon through a home’s frame or concrete foundation can sometimes feel abstract. We hope that exposing clients to something inherently fresh, fun, and obvious - such as Bright Seas - will encourage an easier, more tangible path to environmental understanding, while achieving our clients’ interior design goals.”
“‘Bright Seas' is the perfect example of how design and sustainability can harmoniously coexist. Seeing ByBlocks® being used to create beautiful, functional furniture serves as a powerful reminder that every one of us can make a positive impact on our environment,” says Heidi Kujawa, CEO of ByFusion. “Thanks to the team at CarbonShack Design for leading the way. We are honored that ByBlock was selected to be a part of your visionary collection.”
Bright Seas furniture collection by CarbonShack. Photo Credit: James Chou Photography.