CARRIED A TONNE OF PECORINO
THROUGH THE ALPS AND NOW YOU
all travel
Every single-use pallet begins its life on the road, transporting goods through cities, countries and continents. This is also the case for the 500 or so disposable pallets that accumulate in the fulfilment centre at Möbel Ehrmann every month and then have to be disposed of – until now. When their journey ends here, tutto gives them a new meaning – from a fleeting existence in global trade to a permanent place in your home.
The disposable pallet
Unlike Euro pallets, which circulate within a functioning deposit system, disposable pallets are discarded after a single use. Disposable pallets are used for various reasons – firstly because many products do not fit on standardised Euro pallets and secondly because they are often the cheaper solution for logistics companies. As a result, they usually end up in the waste stream after just one transport—a system that wastes a lot of resources. This is exactly where tutto comes in.
The raw material
Disposable pallets are produced from various softwoods, predominantly spruce or pine, occasionally also Douglas fir. Although these softwoods have a bad reputation in Europe due to the widespread monocultures, they are very versatile.
Second Life in Landau
The first tutto was created in 2022 – a stool carefully crafted from dismantled pallet wood. By gluing 32 planed and dressed slats together, a robust piece of wood is created that forms the leg and seat. Only a few nail holes are reminiscent of the rudimentary look of the disposable pallet. An honest piece of furniture that does not hide its origins. Its special mortise and tenon joint requires no additional screws, nails or brackets and makes the construction method visible.
In the production of tuttos, we focus on reuse, local sourcing and inclusion. They are manufactured in inclusive workshops in the Southern Palatinate.
The design, too, is inspired by the material: timeless in style, with a construction designed for maximum resource efficiency. The tutto pieces are made exclusively from 70 mm wide and 15 mm thick planks – exactly the dimensions that can be obtained from a single pallet. Minimal waste, maximum utilisation. This applies to all furniture in the tutto range. Robustly constructed and glued using only white glue, every tutto promises a long service life. It is easy to maintain and repair – a genuine design piece that goes far beyond classic pallet upcycling and is built to last.
