Peta Kruger’s ‘Used’ Art Series is Made with Thread from Discarded Soft Plastics.Adelaide-based artist and jewellerĀ Peta Kruger redefines the waste matter of our material culture in her new body of needlepoint works made with thread from discarded soft...
Bell Chair by Konstantin Grcic for Magis is Made From Industrial Waste.The 100% recyclable Bell chair is light, affordable, versatile and environmentally responsible, made from recycled polypropylene obtained from the waste generated by Magisā own furniture production and from the local car...
Flat House Zero Carbon Farmhouse in Cambridgeshire by Practice Architecture.A crude agricultural shed is slowly undressed to reveal an astounding farmhouse created predominantly from hemp. Designed by London-based Practice Architecture, Flat House is a trailblazing, low-embodied carbon farmhouse that champions the...
Timber ‘Terrazzo’ Made from Recycled Materials by Foresso.Birmingham-based brand Foresso utilizes offcut timber and waste plaster to form an innovative composite material that resembles terrazzo stone, developed as a reaction against waste generated by the interiors industry. Just like the...
Four Graduates from Londonās Royal College of Art Create Tabletop Products from Waste Material.Uniting design with science, four graduates from Londonās Royal College of Art made a collection of tableware products from the industrial waste material bauxite residue, also known as Red Mud. Questioning our notion of āwasteā...
Suzanne Jongmans Uses Waste Materials to Recreate Dutch Renaissance.Suzanne Jongmans takes her inspiration from the old Dutch masters, the painters of the past, specifically focusing on the 15th, 16th and 17th century. Rembrandt, Holbein the Younger and Rogier van der Weyden - youāll find references to...
WRECK: Bentu Design’s Regeneration Experiment of Everday Ceramics Waste in Chaozhou, China.BENTU went deep into the daily-use ceramics industry in Chaozhou, China, and tried to reveal the disintegration of culture behind this ancient city with huge commercial value and industrial...
PET Lamps Ramingining by Alvaro CatalaĢn de OcoĢn & Indigenous Australian Artist Weavers.Commissioned for the NGV Triennial, PET Lamp Ramingining explores one of the purest and best preserved Aboriginal traditions and weaving...
‘Plastic Ocean’ by Thirza Schaap.Dutch artist Thirza Schaap has an altruistic purpose behind her fragile and beautiful art pieces. She wants to draw attention to the pollution in the worldās oceans. More specifically, she wants to draw attention to the phenomenal levels...
