Procedure of Recycling HDPE
1)Shred
2)Melt
2)Mold
Visit to Happenstance Workshop
At the Happenstance workshop, they use waste milk bottles as a base of the plastic sheets and mix the milk bottle caps and create colorful plastic sheets. I was shocked to hear that about 40 milk bottles are used in a recycled plastic sheet. Recycled plastic is a very sustainable and eco-friendly material.
Paper Brick Chair by WooJai Lee
Recycled paper turned into bricks that can be used to build furniture. Soft and textile like texture.
Loll Design-Outdoor furniture made from recycled plastic
Loll products are made with 100% recycled high-density polyethylene (HDPE) primarily from milk jugs. Milk jugs are used due to their lack of pigment so Loll’s vibrant colors can be created. As Loll material is a post-consumer recycled material, the medium to create the material does inevitably fluctuate. Loll products are manufactured with a highly weatherable HDPE sheets. Our post-consumer resin includes a superior UV additive designed for plastics that improves exterior durability, greatly reducing characteristic surface degradation caused by sunlight and other UV light sources. It does not change color over time.
Moss growing through small gaps
I found moss growing through the gaps in between bricks in front of my house. I realized that moss could be a great material to use because it grows flat and has more clean/neat look than flowers. It also has carpet-like texture.
Plant growing through small gaps
Harvest by Asif Kahn
Lake River by Mathieu Lehanneur
El Anatsui
El Anatsui is a sculptor from Ghana who currently lives and works in Nigeria. He transforms simple, everyday materials into striking large-scale installations. In 1999, Anatsui found a bag of full of metal seals from African liquor bottles. Since then he has received great recognition for a series of wall-mounted installations or assemblages made from seals. He crushes this material into circles or cuts into strips and then sews together with copper wire.
As well as bottle caps, he has also used found materials that range from old milk tins, railway sleepers, driftwood, iron nails and printing plates. His use of recycled African materials highlights that there are some places in the world where people have to re-use materials out of necessity, rather than as a choice.
He hasn’t just turned something discarded into something beautiful. The use of bottle caps hints at broader topics such as global consumerism and its history, including slavery.
Research @Gallery Miro
I found a series of lighting collection at the gallery Miro. All of the lightings were constructed in numbers of layers, which spread light beautifully. Plastic was used as a material. What if it was made of waste plastic?like a water bottle?
Plastic Tree
Pascale Marthine Tayou grows plastic tree at art basel 2015. "Trash" material could be transformed into such a beautiful artwork.
Research @Tate Modern
When I saw this series of robot shaped artworks, I instantly thought of designing a trash can that is shaped like a robot. Each part of the robot could be the parts for different types of recycling trash; for example, the robot's head for plastic and arms for paper.
Melting Disco Ball
Melting disco balls by he Rotterdam
Jean Michel Othoniel
Streets of London-Lights
Lights hung up on the streets make up the whole city bright and cheerful.
Streets of London-Litter Bins
Attachable litter bins?
Streets of London-Litter Bins
Streets of London-Bench
Streets of London
Los Trompos
Gallery of Esrawe + Cadena's Toy-Inspired "Los Trompos" Installation
Unique Bike Stand Design
Visit to Happenstance Workshop
This machine is a moulder, which makes the shredded pieces of wast plastic into a new piece of plastic sheet. The size is approximately 530 x 380 mm.
One Day Paper Waste by Jens Praet
Mixed with clear resign, the limited-run objects are made in a mold then finished by hand.
Yarla Jukurrpa-ground crack pattern
Yarla Jukurrpa belongs to men of the Japaljarri/Jungarrayi subsections and to Napaljarri/Nungarrayi women. It comes from an area to the east of Yuendumu called Cockatoo Creek. ‘Yarla’ (bush potato) are fibrous tubers that grow beneath a low spreading plant, found by looking for cracks in the ground.
Bench at the Hyde Park
Plant growing through small gaps
Etta by Livia and Gianluca
Rêveries Urbaines
Vase designs inspiration
Vase by Jamie Hayon
Vase by Ronan&Erwan
Vase by Karim Rashid
Vase by Ferm Living SS16
Design using shadows
Colour perspex adds fun but stylish dimension to the ground, and visually pleasing as well.
Playground for Machida Kobato Kindergarten, Tokyo, Japan by Etre Design
Gardens of le bristol paris hotel by Daniel Buren
Reflection of stained glass at the Washington National Cathedral
Stuart Haygarth
Stuart Haygarth creates a series of artworks that are the collection of "man-made" debris.
I want to design a sustainable product, and Stuart's works are inspiring me to use waste materials to create a new artwork.
Aurora Robson
Research @Saatchi Gallery
Corvid by Kate McCgwire
This work is made of craw's feathers.
Streets of London-Graffiti
Graffiti is definitely an eye catching element for pedestrians.
Streets of London-Litter Bins
Streets of London-Litter Bins
Streets of London-Bench-
Streets of London-Bicycle Racks
Bollard Chair
Bollard design by Teratoma productions
Streets of London-Bollards
Tulip-Seat Chair
Tuplip Seat Chair by Marco Manders
Visit to Happenstance Workshop
I visited the Happenstance workshop at Deptford, a place that makes recycled HDPE plastic sheets from waste plastic. The machine in the picture is a plastic shredder, which shreds waste plastic into small pieces before moulding.
50% Sawdust by Kulla
50% Sawdust used the combination of two different worlds of waste – wooden sawdust and plastic bags.
The project comes from the studio’s desire to find new uses / purposes for sawdust and plastic bags, in which they have creating new aesthetic qualities and applications for the two materials.They have joined plastic sawdust with wooden sawdust, creating a homogeneous mixture to create a new product, without the use of any adhesives.
Tree growing inside of a circular object
Plant growing through small gaps
Pajarito Chair by Chris Wolston
Cage Archibird by Grgroire de Laforrest
Research @Tate Modern
I tried to find interesting shapes and forms at the exhibition because I want to experiment with different and unexpected shapes for this project.
Summer Igloo
Summer Igloo by Virginia Malnyk
Shadow into the design?
The two products use the property of shadow to create nature friendly environment. I think I could use this method to my design since I am making something in the middle of the city where real plants are hard to be managed.
Millenial Pink by Marc Ange
Shadylace Parasol by Droog
Guillermo Santomà
Bench design
A bench by Nicole Wermers
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Research @Saatchi Gallery
Echoes of the Kill by Alexi Williams wynn
Streets of London-Colors!
Using colorful and playful colors on a street is an easy way to brighten up the city. However, it's hard to find colors in cities because of the skyscrapers.
Streets of London-Litter Bins
Streets of London-Litter Bins
Streets of London-Narrow streets
I have found that the streets in London are very narrow; therefore it is hard to find street furniture.
Unique Trashcan Designs
Los Carpinteros, TRASH- SHOPPING CART on ArtStack
A Bin to a Vase
Flower designer Lewis Miller turned litter bins in NYC to flower vase. I think this was a really great idea not only to make streets aesthetically pleasing, but to change people's perception of litter bins.
Blue Carpet Square
Blue Carpet Square by Heatherwick Studio, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK