The Shoddy Chair was designed in response to the textile waste in the fashion industry. The United States produces over 17 million tons of textile waste every year. 13 million tons of that is produced by the manufacturers and retailers themselves. The fashion industry overproduces products by about 30- 40% each season, contributing to roughly 10% of all global carbon emissions. 85% of our clothes end up in landfills or are burned and 35% of microplastic pollution in our oceans is covered by synthetic textiles. There are a few different designers and studios producing products made from recycled textiles, including Max Lamb, Tobias Juretzek, and the studio TAPEgear. The goal is to produce a moldable material made of shredded textiles, sorted by color to reduce the need for bleaching dyeing processes, and bio-resin. Shredding textiles make a material known as shoddy; this gives the textiles a paper-pulp-like consistency. Combining shoddy with a bio-resin would create a composite material able to be easily molded into a dense and sturdy surface. Inspired by Emeco's Alfi chair and Navy chair, the Shoddy chair has a compression-molded seat pan combined with Emeco's iconic recycled aluminum for the base.

The Shoddy Chair was designed in response to the textile waste in the fashion industry. The United States produces over 17 million tons of textile waste every year. 13 million tons of that is produced by the manufacturers and retailers themselves. The fashion industry overproduces products by about 30- 40% each season, contributing to roughly 10% of all global carbon emissions. 85% of our clothes end up in landfills or are burned and 35% of microplastic pollution in our oceans is covered by synthetic textiles. There are a few different designers and studios producing products made from recycled textiles, including Max Lamb, Tobias Juretzek, and the studio TAPEgear. The goal is to produce a moldable material made of shredded textiles, sorted by color to reduce the need for bleaching dyeing processes, and bio-resin. Shredding textiles make a material known as shoddy; this gives the textiles a paper-pulp-like consistency. Combining shoddy with a bio-resin would create a composite material able to be easily molded into a dense and sturdy surface. Inspired by Emeco's Alfi chair and Navy chair, the Shoddy chair has a compression-molded seat pan combined with Emeco's iconic recycled aluminum for the base.