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9:42 am - Sun, Mar 11, 2012
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Exhibitions at New York City’s Museum of Modern Art serve as tie-making inspiration for MoMA employee Nicholas Tee Ruiz, who says: What started off as a sustainable way to look dapper for events at New York City’s Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) - has blossomed into a forward thinking initiative to re-purpose everyday materials into works of wearable art. In January 2011, I challenged myself to construct 11 unique bow ties designed around the major exhibition openings and benefit events orchestrated by the Special Programming & Events department at MoMA that year.  Pictured: Bow Tie #9. Assembled October/November 2011 for MoMA Film Benefit 2011. Film negatives, MTA MetroCard, super glue. Forest Hills, Queens, New York. For the rest of the bow tie collection, see Nicholas’s Made in Forest Hills site.  (Photos via Made in Forest Hills and Kickstarter)
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Exhibitions at New York City’s Museum of Modern Art serve as tie-making inspiration for MoMA employee Nicholas Tee Ruiz, who says:

What started off as a sustainable way to look dapper for events at New York City’s Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) - has blossomed into a forward thinking initiative to re-purpose everyday materials into works of wearable art. In January 2011, I challenged myself to construct 11 unique bow ties designed around the major exhibition openings and benefit events orchestrated by the Special Programming & Events department at MoMA that year. 

Pictured: Bow Tie #9. Assembled October/November 2011 for MoMA Film Benefit 2011. Film negatives, MTA MetroCard, super glue. Forest Hills, Queens, New York.

For the rest of the bow tie collection, see Nicholas’s Made in Forest Hills site. 

(Photos via Made in Forest Hills and Kickstarter)

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5:17 pm - Wed, Feb 29, 2012
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Continuing our tie repurposing theme: Vintage polyester neckties made into cell phone sleeves. (Photo via bloodsweatandthread on Etsy) Side note: I think my father had a wide tie like this, circa 1979!
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Continuing our tie repurposing theme:

Vintage polyester neckties made into cell phone sleeves.

(Photo via bloodsweatandthread on Etsy)

Side note: I think my father had a wide tie like this, circa 1979!

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11:47 am - Tue, Feb 28, 2012
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DIY project du jour: Make chair seats from old neckties For how-to, see Mag Ruffman’s ToolGirl blog here. Related (kind of): Chair seats and backs made from vintage belts — here, here, and here. And some earlier Unconsumption tie-related posts here.
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DIY project du jour: Make chair seats from old neckties

For how-to, see Mag Ruffman’s ToolGirl blog here.

Related (kind of): Chair seats and backs made from vintage belts — here, here, and here. And some earlier Unconsumption tie-related posts here.

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2:56 pm - Sun, Jun 19, 2011
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If you had unwanted ties, what would you do with them? Designer Maria Westerberg, whose T-shirt chair we featured here in February, offers this idea: Make chairs from them.  Her Web site also shows a tie headboard — neck ties wrapped around an inner tube — and cushions. We’ve also come across examples of clocks, iPad sleeves, and wreaths made from old ties. Of course, if ties are still wearable, you could always give them away or donate them to a local charity. Other ideas? Leave them in our comments.
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If you had unwanted ties, what would you do with them?

Designer Maria Westerberg, whose T-shirt chair we featured here in February, offers this idea: Make chairs from them. 

Her Web site also shows a tie headboard — neck ties wrapped around an inner tube — and cushions.

We’ve also come across examples of clocks, iPad sleeves, and wreaths made from old ties.

Of course, if ties are still wearable, you could always give them away or donate them to a local charity.

Other ideas? Leave them in our comments.

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2:07 pm
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Got unwanted neck ties? Here’s an idea: Make an iPad cover / sleeve from them. (This one’s from MadeByJulie on Etsy.)
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Got unwanted neck ties?

Here’s an idea: Make an iPad cover / sleeve from them.

(This one’s from MadeByJulie on Etsy.)

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11:41 am - Sun, Dec 19, 2010
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For your viewing pleasure, and as inspiration for uses for existing things, here’s a roundup of wreaths — spotted on various Web sites. The majority of these wreaths aren’t holiday-specific, so they could be enjoyed year-round. Several links below will take you to pages that feature additional photos and/or how-to details.

  1. twigs, via Camilla Fabbri’s Family Chic blog 
  2. succulents (a living wreath), via MomsGoingGreen blog
  3. wood scraps, via Design*Sponge
  4. plastic dry cleaner bags, via Design*Sponge
  5. greeting card pieces, cut with the aid of a stencil, via Good Housekeeping
  6. neck ties, via Good Housekeeping
  7. fabric scraps, via ReadyMade
  8. sweater pieces, via Family Chic
  9. newspaper, via Family Chic
  10. fabric (burlap scraps), via RUPiperDesigns on Etsy

Which one’s your favorite? Post links to other designs — traditional or non-traditional — to share with us and others.

Related: See our holiday-themed album from the Unconsumption Facebook page.

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3:03 pm - Tue, Jun 15, 2010
D.I.Y. idea: tie clock (Note: This clock retails in L.A. for $300+) See another great clock idea here.

D.I.Y. idea: tie clock

(Note: This clock retails in L.A. for $300+)

See another great clock idea here.

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1:22 pm - Mon, Nov 9, 2009
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“Sonic fabric is woven from 50% recorded audio cassette tape and 50% colored thread the fabric is actually audible if you run a tape head over it!” Totally fascinating, no? Supermarket - recycled cassette tape thin necktie - black from improbable projects [Thx: Piers!]

“Sonic fabric is woven from 50% recorded audio cassette tape and 50% colored thread the fabric is actually audible if you run a tape head over it!” Totally fascinating, no? Supermarket - recycled cassette tape thin necktie - black from improbable projects

[Thx: Piers!]

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