In 2004, Bill Hilgendorf and Jason Horvath founded Uhuru, a Brooklyn-based furniture company merging avant-garde design with a commitment to environmental sustainability. Each of Uhuru’s pieces is hand-crafted from reclaimed materials such as bourbon barrels, local workshop scraps, fire truck springs, or, in the case of Cyclone Lounger, weathered planks from Brooklyn’s Coney Island boardwalk. The Lounger​’s rippling seat is inspired by the rickety track-bed of the Cyclone, Coney Island’s iconic roller coaster, while its laser-cut steel base recalls the ride’s distinctive supports.