(CNN) -- For many, bicycles are meant solely as a mode of transportation, a quick and convenient way of getting from A to B. In Kenya's capital city of Nairobi, however, a group of craftsmen take the functionality of bicycles a step further -- by transforming them into eye-catching modern furniture. From its spacious 5th-floor apartment overlooking Nairobi, Ojey's Designs is a business fashioning elaborate chairs and tables out of old bike parts -- from rims and tires to spokes and pedals, the different parts are all welded together to form the base of the contemporary furnitire. "We do the bar stools, the bar tables," says Martin Ojwang, the startup's founder. "We do chairs, the cafe chairs and cafe tables -- those ones can go to the hotels."
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Ojey's Designs specializes in making modern furniture from old bicycle parts
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Launched in 2012, the business lists bars, hotels and restaurants as clients
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Click through the gallery to see the Kenyan startup's creations
"When we started @placeholder's Designs I was alone and then I employed some two people for assisting," says Ojwang.