London-based Studio Swine crafted the collection by placing strands of hair in a silicon mold which is filled with a non-toxic, sustainably harvested resin derived from pine trees.
The result is sheets of plastic that look like amber or exotic hardwoods that can be cut and assembled using traditional tools and techniques.
Designers Alex Groves and Azusa Murakami began working with hair while they were researching alternatives to tortoise shell, horn, and slow-growth hardwoods as materials for high-end eyeglasses and furnishings.
According to 'wired.Com', the responses to the designers' collection have been more "oh, cool" rather than "eww, gross", but some people do raise concerns about the ethics of turning part of the human body into furniture.
"We are used to people selling their time, skills, goods - why not their hair?" Murakami said.