Upcycle Explained
A beginners guide to start upcycling
Upcycling (unlike recycling) is the practice of taking something that is disposable and transforming it into something of greater use and value, leading to a higher material and energy benefits.
Upcycling, also known as creative reuse.
Reuse is to use an item more than once. This includes conventional reuse where the item is used again for the same function, and new-life reuse where it is used for a new function.
In waste heriarchy Upcycling is between reuse and recycling , because is consumed less energy than recycling.
Creation or modification of a product from used materials, components or products which is of equal or higher quality or value than the compositional elements
(Sung, Cooper & Kettley 2014,Sung 2017).
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Sand Vases
Bou-Toshi is a Japanese game. And is what inspired designer Yukihiro Kaneuchi who created these series of vases made from sand ad resin. The vases are made according
Artworks made out of Junk
Upcycling has no bounds Yiuco has a great friend; Julia from Actual Colors May Vary did some research and she recomend to
Paper Bridge
It used to be my neighbourhoud, not Cumbria, but Lancashire. Though, the Lake Distric was a quite familiar destination for me and my friends. So, I got quite
Its getting CLOUDy
The artist Caitlind Brown created CLOUD, a large-scale interactive installation for the arts festival Nuit Blanche in Calgary. The installation was made out of 6,000 donated burnt out
Donna McCullough's Vintage Can Dresses
Donna McCullough is an artist who creates sculptural dresses out of upcycing. Named as "The Drill Team", all dresses are made out of gas and oil cans ,
Mirna Kerr
Mirna Kerr is a young Croatian designer who uses bulldog clips, cable ties and plumbing components to create unique jewelries. “My view of jewelery is that it’s not
Rafinesse & tristesse
Some people may view an empty olive tin as trash. For Petra Schultz and Karin Yilmaz-Eggerempty olive tins was the inspiration to start “rafinesse & tristesse” in 2006.
Rememberme
A new series of furniture, the Rememberme furniture, is going to be launced by theItalian company Casamania and has been designed by German designer Tobias Juretzek. Each piece
