Kellen Hatanaka
Fill In The Blank Kellen Hatanaka’s urban infill.
The Stackton by
Adrian and Martinus were inspired by Japanese artist Haroshi’s work recycling skateboards into sculptures. The team turns hundreds of used skateboards collected from shops in western Canada into veneers, in a two-week process that happens twice a year, to be used in furniture builds.
By Mélanie Ritchot
Photo by Jeremy Fokkens
Courtesy of AdrianMartinus Design
The credenza has tambour doors with narrow strips made from the recycled skateboards and backed with canvas, which allows the doors to slide along a curved track.
The Stackton originally had more angular pieces and covered sides, resulting in nearly a foot of lost space. Now, in its second iteration, offcuts from the ash, oak or walnut used for the tops of the credenzas are made into smaller furniture and decor pieces, like record shelves, to minimize waste.
The AdrianMartinus team won the Etsy Design Award in 2020 for the Stackton and have since shipped out more than 40 of the credenzas across North America, with more in the works in their home-based workshops.
After working in carpentry and salvaging discarded materials from construction sites for years, two Alberta brothers, Adrian and Martinus Pool, started a design company rooted in sustainable practice and quality woodwork. (They were joined later by Adrian’s wife, Anne Tranholm.) AdrianMartinus Design turns used skateboards into mid-century modern and Japanese-inspired furniture—like the Stackton credenza—and decor pieces.
Related Articles
Hidden Kingdom
The Conversation On mushrooms, interdependence and artists’ role on the sustainability front.
Climate Intersects
The Business The David Suzuki Foundation’s Julius Lindsay on climate, crime and community.
2023-03-15 13:27 EST
The Moment On the cover: Photographer Edward Burtynsky pulls the veil off industrial sites.
