SUSTAINABLE ROOM DIVIDER SYSTEM MADE USING HEMP

Another day, another use for hemp. This time it’s commercial and corporate interior design which gets the hemp treatment.

Benjamin Hubert has designed a new system of office dividers for Australian textile company Woven Image, which offers a more sustainable solution than what most of us currently use. His system, called ‘Scale’, is made up of compressed hemp tiles connected by a latticework of plastic arms.

Cleverly, the triangular tiles have hollows which fit around the plastic arms, and magnets to attach on either side, meaning that Scale requires no tools to erect.

The plastic arms are made from recycled plastic, which can be recycled again. Coupled with hemp, this promises to offer a truly sustainable approach to a very modern challenge.

"Workplaces today are constantly in flux, with teams organically growing and shrinking as projects demand," said Hubert.

The tiles can be arranged to leave an opening for walking through, or to allow light into a dark space. Subtly curved connecting arm sections give users the ability to build dynamic spaces with curved dividers.

“Commercial interior spaces need to be able adapt to these demands and Scale for Woven Image delivers a solution to enable this with both flexibility and adaptability, whilst retaining a strong sense of visual engagement.”

Layer, Hubert's studio, suggest that the flexibility of the system also helps reduce its carbon footprint. If you can find more uses for it, you’re less likely to throw it out and replace it.

Original article by Dezeen.