Diederik Schneemann's vase from recycled flip-flops.

Have your shoes gone on an adventure without you?  I’ve lost a couple in my lifetime, left at the poolside or sunk at the bottom of Table Rock Lake.  Most of the world’s lost flip flops probably just land in the garbage, but evidently more than a few travel miles, floating across oceans, to wash up on the shores of Africa.  In a true “Trash to Treasure” fairytale, these flip flops are given new life: Designer Diederik Schneemann collects tired, worn and torn shoes from the coastline and sands them down to bring the vibrant colors back to the surface.  The shoes are then turned into fun, funky sculptures – perfectly fitting for a flip flop’s second life, don’t you think?

Found on Dezeen.com.