Garbage Warrior

What do beer cans, car tires and water bottles have in common? Not much unless you're renegade architect Michael Reynolds, in which case they are tools of choice for producing thermal mass and energy-independent housing. For 30 years New Mexico-based Reynolds and his green disciples have devoted their time to advancing the art of "Earthship Biotecture" by building self-sufficient, off-the-grid communities where design and function converge in eco-harmony. However, these experimental structures that defy state standards create conflict between Reynolds and the authorities, who are backed by big business. Frustrated by antiquated legislation, Reynolds lobbies for the right to create a sustainable living test site. While politicians hum and ha, Mother Nature strikes, leaving communities devastated by tsunamis and hurricanes. Reynolds and his crew seize the opportunity to lend their pioneering skills to those who need it most. Shot over three years and in four countries, Garbage Warrior is a timely portrait of a determined visionary, a hero of the 21st century.

Abolish the concept of waste!! Art + design made from trash= awesome

Stuart Haygarth Stuart Haygarth states his work is about granting “banal and overlooked objects a new significance”. He collects everything from plastic cups to old eyeglass lenses and taillights and transforms them into useful and aesthetically stunning objects, (most often, lighting). Seeing beyond the limits of the narrow scope of an object’s original function characterizes his perspective on creating. http://beautifuldecay.com/2010/07/21/green-art-10-artists-working-with-recycled-materials/

Very Hungry God Main Recycled Materials: Kitchen Utensils Artist: Subodh Gupta This creative recycled art sculpture was constructed in 2006 by Indian artist Subodh. Very Hungry God made its debut in Paris but it is now in the private collection of Francois Pinault, a billionaire French businessman with the biggest collection of contemporary art worldwide. At the time of this writing the amazing recycled art sculpture was on display outside of Pinault's Palazzo Grassi by the Grand Canal in Venice. Gupta gets his inspiration from his childhood; he likes to include familiar items from his youth. This giant skull sculpture was created from stainless steel kitchen utensils, indeed an amazing way to construct creative recycled art! Read more: http://www.infobarrel.com/Top_10_Most_Amazing_and_Creative_Recycled_Art_Displays#ixzz1ce9BMMhg

RoboMan Main Recycled Materials: Motorcycle Parts Artist: RoboSteel RoboSteel is a company that designs and creates amazing artwork from recycled cars, motorcycles, and airplanes. RoboSteel was approached by the Carole Nash International Motorcycle and Scooter Show to create this life sized sculpture made 100% of motorcycle parts. The creative and amazing recycled art sculpture, Motor Cycle Man AKA RoboMan, stands over 6 feet tall and consists of over 1000 motorcycle parts from manufacturers such as Yamaha and Suzuki. It took RoboSteel over 750 hours to construct this masterpiece! According to the RoboSteel website "the kind folks at MCI Exhibitions Ltd who run the NEC bike show have decided to offer the sculpture as a prize." Still waiting to see who is the winner of this amazing recycled art sculpture. Read more: http://www.infobarrel.com/Top_10_Most_Amazing_and_Creative_Recycled_Art_Displays#ixzz1ce9RoXJE

Making an art out of recycling.

These are a few fine examples of redesigning, or taking a resource which is typically used once and then considered rubbish, and using it to make something new, unique, beautiful and desirable. Essentially eliminating the concept of waste and looking at the materials used in a way that has a broader scope to envision as many life cycles as possible. I hope to see more of this trend emerging and to see more and more people being inspired by this concept.

 

 

These recycled rubber band bracelet, made by Christiane Diehl are more interesting, creative and beautiful than I'd previously imagined that rubber bands could be.

[Source: ecofriend.org ]

Little Fly, a.k.a Jeremy Mays makes gorgeous one-off jewellery pieces out of old books.

http://littlefly.co.uk/

[Source: ecouterre.com/ ]

These funky bracelets are made by a crew from Brooklyn call Wrecord. They're made from recycled vinyl records that are donated by DJ's, and 10% of the proceeds are donated to local schools. The artists get a fair cut of the deal and everyone is happy.
[Source: keetsa.com ]

Redesigning: waste=cool products

The concept of redesigning- redesigning industry, what we make, how we make it and how we can eliminate waste by designing things in a way that they can be broken down into their component parts and reused- is one that is being adopted by progressive, intelligent designers around the world, and will make a significant difference to the impact that we have on the planet and the way that we view "stuff"


Haul are a local company making stylish and cool bags, laptop cases, wallets, photo albums and assorted items out of recycled materials that would ordinarily become landfill such as billboard sails, truck innertubes, and number plates.
  

  
                                                             http://www.haul.com.au/

Guerilla Garden Installation

To my delight, whilst walking home from work through the Melbourne CBD, I discovered this planting installation outside a major shopping centre.  From recycled cardboard and news paper, the mysterious horticultural propagandists fashioned a honeycomb-like structure in which were placed small plants and seedlings for people to take and plant in a bid to inspire the greening of the world. In coke bottles and chip packets were a number of other plants placed with the message "When you're planting, everything looks like a vase". Niice.
Go forth and propagate!!