The Flip-Flop Bean Bag.

While perusing greenUPGRADER  today we found this super colorful ottoman by DWR. It’s unique, fun and would you believe made out of recycled flip-flops?! The Miss Rio Ottoman designed by Karin Wittman uses industrial leftovers from flip-flop factories (try saying that 10 times) to make this fanciful footrest. The design is manufactured by social organizations that provide work for unemployed craftspeople from local communities. Keeping production local instead of using cheap foreign labor. It’s as durable as the flip flops you may be wearing, making it waterproof, perfect for use outdoors on the deck.  We think it looks more like a flip-flop bean bag than an ottoman though. And why do they call it the Miss Rio? Perhaps it’s because it resembles a Brazilian carnivale.  One thing’s for sure, it’s hot, hot, hot!