This chair started with something most designers would never consider a material: plastic waste pulled from rivers. The Ombak Chair, designed by the late Michael Russek for @sungai_design, transforms the equivalent of 2,000 discarded plastic bags recovered from Bali’s waterways into a sculptural piece of furniture. The plastic comes through @sungaiwatch, founded by siblings Gary, Kelly and Sam Bencheghib, whose work focuses on stopping plastic pollution before it reaches the ocean. What makes th