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The RE-SEA ME stool is created after the search for sustainable materials out of the sea. Studio Nienke Hoogvliet discovered that fish skins are a waste product of the fishing industry, while you can also make them into beautiful leather. The first prototype was created in 2015 and is part of the permanent collection of the Centraal Museum. Recently, they teamed up with Objects With Narratives and have developed the stool further.
The stool is made with naturally tanned salmon leather from "Searious Fish". The skins used are a waste product from supermarket fish and otherwise would have been incinerated. Since fish have a different type of connective tissue compared to mammals, the leather of their skin is relatively stronger than regular leather. A precious quality, that this stool highlights.
The stool is designed with a system that allows the leather to be easily tensioned again or to replace a fishskin, with the aim to optimize the durability.
Material: Reclaimed fishskin leather, Stainless steel
Made in The Netherlands
Made to order
Please contact us for custom enquiries.
Slight variations may apply due to a handmade production process.
Images by Lotte van Uittert
Dimensions: W 35 cm x D 20 cm x H 42 cm
Weight: 2 kg
Design Year: 2021
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Wipe with a clean cloth wrung in water. Remove the water residue immediately using a clean, dry cloth. Avoid using any detergents, as the whole object exists out of sustainable materials and would like to stay that way. If the fish skin starts to rip, you can replace the old skin with a new one. In that case will Studio Nienke Hoogvliet send new fish leather as a replacement service.
About the designer
Studio Nienke Hoogvliet is a design studio for material research, experimental and conceptual design. Since the studio was founded in 2013 they have a main focus on materials that can contribute to a more holistic world. The projects raise awareness of social and environmental problems in the textile, leather and food industry. By creating innovative alternatives they hope to change perspectives and systems.The studio consists of the founder Nienke Hoogvliet (1989) and Tim Jongerius (1988).