Designer Jeffrey Miller unveils a unique series of tiles that have been made from the London Underground. It was made using the transit system’s waste and is part of Miller’s work at Central Saint Martins. The project is dubbed the “From the Underground” tiles and is made from two waste materials collected from either the construction or operation of the tube, including London clay and iron oxide-rich dust.
These clay tiles are cast in a design that has been previously used in some older stations, which were originally designed by Leslie Green. Miller shares that “I didn’t vacuum the actual tracks, because that was maybe a little bit too risky. But I vacuumed the grooves on the platform right before you step onto or off the train. A lot of dust had collected in there.”
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References: jeffreystephenmiller & dezeen
