Outsiders plush toys by Atelier Volvox

Slideshow: Zurich designers Atelier Volvox rescued these unloved plush toys and gave them a new lease of life by turning them inside out – eyes and all.

Samuel Coendet and Lea Gerber collected the toys from second-hand shops and forgotten corners of nursery schools before cutting them open to reverse the fur.

The Outsiders toys received the Recycling Design Preis 2012 in Germany last week.

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Here’s a little text from the designers:

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Outsiders are second-hand plush toys of various forms and sizes, who are given a new life by opening, reversing and resewing them.

Due to this procedure an old, worn plush toy becomes a “brand new” product – with a slightly different look. Despite their bizarre appearance, however, Outsiders are friendly and adorable.

Materials: plush toy; yarn
Source of materials: second hand shops, nursery
Designer: Samuel Coendet, Lea Gerber

 

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