New Chester collection nominated as a finalist at the Rossana Orlandi Guiltless Plastic Prize 2023, Milano!
April 08, 2023
New Chester collection nominated as a finalist at the Rossana Orlandi Guiltless Plastic Prize 2023, Milano!
Recycled Plastic Chester Collection.

I’m proud to announce that my recycled plastic Chester collection has been nominated as a finalist for the Rossana Orlandi Guiltless Plastic Prize, Milan.


This collection has been sampled and made in recycled street waste plastic in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. I was approached by the fantastic company Plastic People who have been processing this waste into colourful plastic panels; initially their recycled plastic materials had been helping to build social houses in the Mekong region and for cyclone damaged houses in the centre of Vietnam. As they began to refine their process they realised the potential of colour separating and making boards with various patterns, finishes and techniques such as terrazzo style, tutti-fruiti and glaze blue which I like a lot.




I created the Chester collection based on CNC cutting from sheets of a standard 20mm thick plastic panel, the silhouette is inspired from the classic Chesterfield, combined with the drop in cushion format of the Le Corbusier LC3 chair and the bare naked frame of the Adirondack chairs (essentially the plastic needs to be seen)!

Once I had established the silhouette and the engineering I was then able to unpack a full range including side tables, coffee tables, console table and many more. I was also introduced to Texstyle, a wonderful company that make thoughtful and beautiful upholstery fabrics out of recycled plastic which can be seen in the old Rosa pink cushions and the looped boucle deep navy blue.





Guiltless Plastic is an important initiative championed by Rossana Orlandi and challenges designers of all abilities and ages to join in and try to rethink and redesign wasted, single use plastic, and make it guiltless again.

I am excited that my contribution to this initiative will also be available and in production soon.

Design by John Reeves.

www.reevesd.com