Douglas Young x AFTERLIFE Tennis Ball Furniture in M+ (Sept 2022 - Jan 2023)
Now at M+, artwork furniture made from recycled tennis balls and designed by G.O.D. founder Douglas Young for AFTERLIFE™ are now available for purchase. The collection includes never-before-seen stools designed exclusively for M+. The profits from the AFTERLIFE™ portion go towards the many charitable causes of the Sports For Hope Foundation.
Socially Responsible Artwork Furniture
The Player’s Chair
The Player’s Chair is a single-seater created for players to use during the rest periods of tournaments. Each chair is made by hand using 362 recycled tennis balls with the balls left in their natural form without fabric. The Player’s Chair first premiered at the Prudential Hong Kong National Tennis Championships 2022.
Tennis Ball Stool
Douglas Young created this exclusive collection of never-seen-before stools for M+. Each piece uses recycled tennis balls collected from throughout Hong Kong with each having a selection of balls wrapped in recycled fabrics. Each ball is wrapped by hand in fabric before the construction of the stool.
Some of the New Exclusive Designs
The Making of ...
From concept, design, to the finished product, take a glimpse of how it all comes together.
About AFTERLIFE™
AFTERLIFE™ is an initiative introduced by the Sports for Hope Foundation to raise the consciousness of sustainability through various sports games The first project by AFTERLIFE™ is in collaboration with Douglas Young, one of Hong Kong's most pre-eminent designers and Founder of the heritage brand, Goods Of Desire. Together, they have created a series of art furniture using used tennis balls collected throughout Hong Kong to raise awareness of the wastage caused by tennis balls. In Hong Kong alone, more than 2 million tennis balls are discarded and end up in landfills each year. Created under Douglas's guidance, each piece is unique and handcrafted. The profits from AFTERLIFE™ go towards the many charitable causes of the Sports For Hope Foundation.
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