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Cleveland Art ("recycled industrial design") now based in Los Angeles

By Rain Noe - February 10, 2011

in Object Culture

I love all the weird stuff you find in factories, like industrial jigs. That thing up above is described as "a straight edge gauge block that was used for precision measuring by Ford Motors in the 1980s," and soon it's going to be a piece of furniture as modified by Cleveland Art.

It's been nearly three years since we wrote about Cleveland Art opening their Los Angeles showroom, and since then they've been busy, moving the company HQ from Ohio to California while continuing to crank out the goods.

To refresh your memory, the "recycled industrial design" company was started in 1994 by Jason Wein, whose family owned a salvage yard in which he saw unlimited raw materials. Seventeen years later they have a complete line of carts, clothing racks, work tables, lighting, storage furniture, and more all culled from salvage.

I love looking through their Inventory section, even the "Sold" section where you can torture yourself by looking at already-purchased one-of-a-kind items that you will never own. Get started here.

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Michael Huber AIA LEED AP

13 years ago

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This is the kind of stuff I love. Re-purposing a seemingly useless artifact into something new and full of energy. Fun!
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anna maria

13 years ago

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great industrial design to live with.
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