Hali Barthel

Hali Barthel is a furniture designer inspired by object ontology and humor of objects. She works with themes of secrecy, deceit, satire, and irony in her practice. Hali's work combines materiality with whit to create objects that subvert ideas of greenwashing and "recycled design". She seeks to question the motives for recycled design, by injecting objects made using recycled materials secretly into the design market.

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Daisy Bag

Recycled billboard vinyl, Embroidery
8"X9.5"X15"

Blonde Worth Second Glance

Billboard vinyl, embroidery, wood
16"X10"X1.5"

Squiggle Bench

Roving wool, wood
18"X72"X18"

Show me a Sign

Recycled billboard vinyl

Inspired by the massive images on the pieces of vinyl, they were cut and collaged into strips that were sewn and used as upholstery. This was in an effort to disguise the source material by removing and distorting the image associating the material with its use.