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Reuse in Design
With green being the new black, everyone is jumping on the bandwagon and claiming they are environmentally friendly. But what is actually being done here?
Well…executives are high fiving each other for masking their planet plundering ways with carbon credits, designers are trying to figure out how they are supposed to help the environment by making more stuff, and every year McDonald’s hosts a nation wide ‘clean-up’ day where volunteers pick up the companies rubbish from the landscape.
So what really WILL help?
Reuse…
The Spoke sushi roller by Kegan McCurdy recycles old stainless steel wheel spokes and turns them into a sushi roller.
The Flexi-spout lamp by Eric Holzer, which reuses PVC Downpipe.
The plastic bag bin by Yong Jieyu which is created by ironing old bags together.
At my home I have a tea spoon which hangs on the cup by using the same principle of balance."
9 Comments »
bystander says
finally what I call responsible design
Paul says
that’s original
paul says
I really like the introducing text. It is so true.
Thank you for aggregating it in this words!
G says
conceptually these are good ideas.
yuki says
Yong Jieyu is really a great-sensitive-poetic designer!
I also love his other projects as ‘Paper Ceramic Loudspeakers’ made from discarded musical scores and clay for a new ecological way to share music and his romantic ‘because i care’ earplugs.
Awesome!
See here:
http://design.blogsociale.it/2008/01/15/yong-jieyu-speakers-di-ceramica/
xXblahXx says
awesome
thumbs up!
Rono says
Haha, love it. It really is amazing.
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