{"id":1800288,"date":"2026-03-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1800288"},"modified":"2026-03-01T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T21:00:00","slug":"maximums-upcycled-billex-process-turns-discarded-bank-notes-into-furniture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1800288","title":{"rendered":"Maximum\u2019s Upcycled \u2018Billex\u2019 Process Turns Discarded Bank Notes into Furniture"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content prose-colossal max-w-none\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-style-default entry-header is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c531013 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"colo-post-featured-image wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2453\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/billex-4.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt style=\"object-fit:cover\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group post-title is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-0bc941e6 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h1 class=\"alignfull wp-block-post-title\">Maximum\u2019s Upcycled \u2018Billex\u2019 Process Turns Discarded Bank Notes into Furniture<\/h1>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull post-meta is-layout-flex wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2026-03-01T06:15:00-06:00\">March 1, 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms\"><a class=\"category-design\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/category\/design\/\" rel=\"tag\">Design<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-author-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/author\/kmothes\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"wp-block-post-author-name__link\">Kate Mothes<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull post-share-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c531013 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-outermost-social-sharing has-visible-labels has-icon-color is-style-logos-only is-layout-flex wp-block-outermost-social-sharing-is-layout-flex\">\n<li style=\"color: #1c1e0d\" class=\"outermost-social-sharing-link outermost-social-sharing-link-facebook has-crow-color wp-block-outermost-social-sharing-link\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thisiscolossal.com%2F2026%2F03%2Fmaximum-furniture-billex-recycling-money-stools%2F&amp;title=Maximum%27s%20Upcycled%20%26%238216%3BBillex%27%20Process%20Turns%20Discarded%20Bank%20Notes%20into%20Furniture\" aria-label=\"Share\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"wp-block-outermost-social-sharing-link-anchor\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-block-outermost-social-sharing-link-label \"><br \/>\n\t\t\tShare\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"color: #1c1e0d\" class=\"outermost-social-sharing-link outermost-social-sharing-link-mail has-crow-color wp-block-outermost-social-sharing-link\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection#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\" aria-label=\"Email\" class=\"wp-block-outermost-social-sharing-link-anchor\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-block-outermost-social-sharing-link-label \"><br \/>\n\t\t\tEmail\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><button class=\"simplefavorite-button preset\" data-postid=\"470310\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\"><i class=\"sf-icon-bookmark\"><\/i>Bookmark<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Money manufacturers the world over are forever contending with counterfeiters. Before the U.K. introduced a new pound coin in 2017, for example, the earlier version was easy enough to fake that there were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-politics-26632863\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tens of millions<\/a> of fraudulent copies in circulation. The same goes for paper bank notes, which over the years have been printed with increasingly high-tech features such as holograms, watermarks, and distinctive material blends. More recently, many countries have also implemented plastic coatings.<\/p>\n<p>Banque de France, a central money-producing outfit in Europe, has adopted a technology called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.banque-france.fr\/en\/at-your-service\/central-banks-public-institutions\/design-manufacture-banknote-paper-banknotes\/everfit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">EverFit<\/a>, which includes a polymer coating on cotton-blend notes that increases durability. Every year, up to three billion notes may be printed, but they must adhere to the strictest standards of technical quality. If they don\u2019t, they\u2019re shredded. One drawback, though, is that they\u2019re not recyclable. That\u2019s where Paris-based furniture design studio <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maximum.paris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Maximum<\/a> saw a unique opportunity.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/billex-6.jpg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-470310\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/billex-6.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-470312\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Maximum\u2019s unique line of stools, called Billex, repurposes the masses of discarded bills into modern, functional objects. With a cotton substrate and two layers of plastic coating, the tiny fragments can be manipulated with heat and compressed into a hard shape. Not only is the stool a useful and stylish design piece unto itself, produced in a variety of colors, but the Billex concept is also something of a prototype. It can be employed for a wide range of applications, as the shredded notes\u2014and the stools themselves\u2014can be upcycled and compressed into virtually any shape.<\/p>\n<p>See more on Maximum\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/maximum_officiel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/billex-7.jpg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-470310\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"3000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/billex-7.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-470311\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/billex-5.jpeg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-470310\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/billex-5.jpeg\" alt class=\"wp-image-470313\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/billex-2.jpg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-470310\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/billex-2.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-470316\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/billex-1.jpeg\" class=\"swipebox\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-470310\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1520\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/billex-1.jpeg\" alt class=\"wp-image-470317\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a 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