Pallet Collar Chronicles Volume 3

Pallet Collar Chronicles, Volumes 1–4

An artistic craft project by Akay & Olabo. *Pallet Collar Chronicles* marks the culmination of a project by artists Akay and Olabo, centering on reuse, creativity, and the overlooked materials of everyday life.

Millions of pallet collars are manufactured for the transport industry every year. Once no longer needed, they are often left folded up outside buildings, warehouses, and loading docks. Nearly a hundred discarded pallet collars were collected and given new life at the Toxoplasma workshop, where the wood was transformed into a series of artistic projects.

But the story didn’t quite end when the wood was used up. Left behind was a box containing the metal fittings from the original pallet collars. Akay wanted to get rid of them, while Olabo saw potential in the leftovers. Perhaps they would come in handy one day. That day arrived—in the form of books.

*Pallet Collar Chronicles*, Volume 3.
A year later, the replica of the Sergel Steps (*Pallet Collar Chronicles*, Volume 2) had to be dismantled, and the planks once again found their way to the Toxoplasma workshop. There was really nowhere left to store the parts. Akay and Olabo therefore repurposed the old staircase to build... a new staircase. They had access to a peculiar, hollow structure that supported advertising signs, and they used material from it to build a spiral staircase inside. The spiral staircase, which had 46 steps and rose eight meters, transformed the structure into an observation tower where visitors could enjoy the spectacular view of the traffic flowing in and out of Stockholm.