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Designer Joe Doucet and The Good Plastic Company have collaborated to create the OLO Table, a sculptural piece made entirely from Polygood, a surface material composed of 100% recycled plastic. The table was first shared with the world at the inaugural Shelter fair in New York. It shows its Oyster pattern from the Growth collection, which features recycled content sourced from discarded refrigerators and consumer electronics.
The design of OLO was developed to show the potential of circular materials in formal, functional, and production terms. Its geometry—a monolithic top with two semi-circular legs connected by CNC joinery—uses Polygood’s thermoformable properties, which are uncommon among recycled sheet materials.
Rather than focusing solely on material reuse, the project’s goal is to show how it is possible to integrate sustainability into high-specification design. The collaboration between the two brands reflects this shared interest, which must have made the production process of the OLO table very interesting. The teams explored how manufacturing processes, material properties, and design decisions can be combined to form a closed-loop system, which is why Polygood ended up being the chosen material.
Polygood panels are made from post-consumer and post-industrial plastic waste and meet several health and transparency points: Cradle to Cradle certification, Declare Red List Free status, food safety compliance, and the absence of halogens or heavy metals.
For those interested in acquiring the table, it is important to know that OLO is available as a one-off collectible piece presented at Shelter and is part of Doucet’s broader exploration of how design can address material sourcing, manufacturing, and long-term sustainability in product development.
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