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recycled materials
A working library of design, type, and visual culture.
74056 references · 24 visual
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2013Introducing: Sculptor Cadi Froehlich explores interaction through salvaged copper
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2012That cityscape you're looking at is made from cardboard. Cardboard!
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2010Rosalie Gascoigne
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2013Unusual foamy chair seats made from furniture factory shavings
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2015Studio Swine's stunning objects from 1000 nautical miles worth of sea plastic
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2014Product Design: Jewellery made from human hair at this year's Örnsbergsauktionen
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1991Dinnerware as Fish Aquarium
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2012Together, As always – A brilliant collection of personal notes from second-hand books
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2013Miscellaneous: Carpets made entirely out of A4 paper, anyone?
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2014Art: BL67 creates giant fascinating artworks out of tiny white and orange price tags
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2018Clean it, beach: Reto Schmid's new fashion series shines light on the plastic waste problem
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2013Set Design: Portraits made from household objects from Blommers / Schumm
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2011Piet Hein Eek: Tube Bench
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2012Thomas Brown: Meteor
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2025The visual world of Jerkcurb’s new album is made with inherited paint and a touch of magical realism
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2012Fascinating concepts from designer Lucas Maassen, who gets his sons to paint furniture
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2010Salvage Scrap propaganda poster crop2
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2007Barmy Bush
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2017Thirza Schaap captures the beauty of plastic as a “friendly reminder” about pollution
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2006Katrina Furniture Project
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2021“A prayer to the future”: The process behind the handmade recycled book designed to be read in 1000 years
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2024Giant bottle caps and landscapes from the future: the precise and abstract painted world of Ben Sanders
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2025Ryan Evans makes “rainbows out of trash” with his vibrant drawings of consumer culture
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