Waste is one of the first modern products. Did it exist a few millennia ago? Raw materials do not get depleted; they just change their composition. One has to mine them elsewhere, often in a more accessible site, such as a local dump, or ‘catch’ them just before the dump. The challenge is to create the aura of the new while working with used materials, thus meeting the demand for alternative production. Sooner than you think, every day of the week will be a Freitag.
GUIYU IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST E-WASTE CENTRES OF THE WORLD ➝ FROM BEST DESIGN TO JUST DESIGN / TOMMI LAITIO
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A LOT OF INTERNATIONAL BRANDED GADGETS END UP ILLEGALLY IN GUIYU
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E-WASTE
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THIS MAN DISASSEMBLES PLASTIC WASTE TO TRY TO RESELL IT
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GEEK RECYCLING: LASER-ETCHED CIRCUIT BOARD CLOCK, BY JOE
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EXPORTING BEER MINUS WASTE: HEINEKEN WOBO BOTTLE, 1963
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WHY WASN’T WOBO SUCCESSFUL?
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MIELE SPACE STATION, 2012 ARCHITECTEN
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MIELE SPACE STATION (DETAIL) ➝ FROM BEST DESIGN TO JUST DESIGN / TOMMI LAITIO
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FREITAG BAG FROM RECYCLED TRUCK TARPAULIN ➝ DIWAMS / PAULO HARTMANN
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MAARTEN BAAS: A CRUEL WAY TO RECYCLE A RIETVELD ZIG ZAG CHAIR
WHERE THERE’S SMOKE…ZIG ZAG CHAIR (RIETVELD) WWW.MAARTENBAAS.COM , PHOTOGRAPHY: DANE JENSEN