Jakki Dehn EDN mar2010

rematerialis e ecosmartmaterials

Design, Materials and Sustainability The Value of Mate rials that are ofte n thrown away

Ecodesign Centre I Canolfan EcoddylunioCardiffMarch 10th 2010

Hudson Barstool80% recycled AluminiumDesigned by Phillipe StarckManufactured by Emeco, USA

creative res ource exhibition

Roughly Drawn ChairsRecycled Domestic Packaging waste Designed and manufactured by Richard Liddle- Cohda Design, UK

2006

2007

creative res ource research

creative res ource interviewees

Betsy Reid, UK

Thierry Kazazian, France

Colin Williamson, UK

Gary Nicholson, UK

Michele De Lucchi, Italy Wendy Brauer, USA

Tom Johnson, USA

Fumikazu Masuda, JapanJim Roddis, UK




Eco Products Exhibition stand, Tokyo

“The g re at thing about Gridcore is that it actually use s cardboard which is alre ady re cyc le d. S o what Gridcore re ally is , is a re cyc le d, re cyc le d mate rial” Mr Kumabara, General Manager Gridcore, Japan 2005

gridcore case study

Scaffolding plank:Uniq extrusions

Recycled High Density PolyethyleneRecycled Glass Fibre

Designer: Jedco DesignManufacturer: Uniq Extrusions UK

“I think that it was probably our e nthus iasm

that carrie d it through to the latte r s tage s .”

John Elson

plas tics case study

“If I was outs ide acade mia, unle s s I was in a cash rich company that de alt w ith was te g las s , I would ne v e r hav e be e n able to addre s s this proble m. The thing about acade mia is that use d in the right way it can be a pos itiv e boos t for comme rcial indus trie s .”

Jim Roddis

Paul Chamberlin James Roddis

TTURA85% recycled glassManufactured by Eight InchSheffield Hallam University UK

ttura glas s case study

MADEmaterials workshop, rca

dove hous e s choolworkshop

“One day I was walking be s ide a be autiful riv e r in Kyoto and found some thing jus t thrown away , jus t dumpe d by the riv e r, this be autiful e nv ironme nt, I was upse t and soon afte r I notice d that it was a washing machine I had de s igne d a couple of ye ars ago”

Fumikazu Masuda 2005

Sustain Tiles Process used to colour

stainless steel omits the use of harmful chemicals

metal case study

Scallop Shell Render95% recycled scallop shell powder and 5% cellulose fibre, carboxymethylcellulose CMC and colour pigments.


Glas s Eco

recycled glass and sea shells

tama art univers ity banana textiles project

plastic sheets made from recycled cds

plastic sheet made from recycled mobile phonessmile plastics


UK JAPAN

marks & s pencer consultation

rematerialis e library

. .www rematerialis e org

. . .j dehn@kings ton acuk

Gifu Prefectural Ceramics Research InstituteJapan

“95% of people said that they would not mind buying recycled ceramics, as

long as it was well designed and functioned well’’

Yoshikazu Hasegawa
