Upcycling recycling

Elise McMahon and Francesca Capone have developed an approachable, at-home method of recycling tees.

The technology advances with an incredible speed and clearly, one old computer will be forgotten in a warehouse or garage. You have two alternatives: to bring it in an appropriate container that have most electronics store for industrial recycling, or to the reuse it creatively, creating original decorative or even furniture with parts.

ARTS THREAD Portfolios: BORBALA FERENCZ, Budapest, Hungary - "This collection is inspired from the waste that the fashion industry creates. Shreds, second-hand clothes are upcycled and given a new preciosity. The silhouette of the outfits are inspired from 17th century royal garments, in contrast with today’s fast fashion items." #upcycling #fashion #recycling #repurposing

We already knew that you can make awesome recycled projects out of bottles, but Veronika Richterová has turned this into an art form! Richterová, based in the Czech Republic, uses heat to twist, turn and cut up the bottles and give them natural forms.

PLASTIC IS FANTASTIC is eco, super light and unique in every way.

Old Victrola records re-invented into stools or small occassional tables.

I finally finished the base and then ran out of tea bags!

Ah the milk crate, the original building block for DIY furniture. Milk crates are often abused in a design sense by students looking for cheap – read free – storage solutions. But we’ve always known they could be so much more which is why we were so excited when we saw Tasmanian furniture designer Simon Ancher’s clever milk crate stool. With the simple addition of a wooden ‘top’, the crate is transformed into an attractive comfortable seat.