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Product Designer Stuck with 1,500 Disposable Brushes Devises Creative Upcycling Method

Erik Stehmann's "How to get rid of 1,500 brushes…" project

By Rain Noe - March 20, 2023

in Object Culture

Is there anything worse than stocking up on materials, when the project you're snagging them for gets canceled? Arnhem-based product designer Erik Stehmann found himself in that situation, and was stuck with 1,500 disposable paintbrushes.

His creative solution was to acquire more material, in this case Beech wood. He then made these:

Stehmann doesn't say exactly how many brooms it yielded.

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Product Designer Stuck with 1,500 Disposable Brushes Devises Creative Upcycling Method

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