Exhibition
re-f-use
Danish Design Centre
January 13 - March 11. 2001
Photo: Kirsten Kiser
The Exhibition with a great variation of “green” products.
The exhibition “re-f-use” at the Danish Design Centre, with 150 “green” products, conveys a vital message that: design and the skills of designers determine the character of the man-made world and thus matters to millions.
The exhibition makes clear that it is now impossible to discuss design in terms of aesthetic and functional criteria without taking environmental consequences into account.
Technologically savvy and environmentally aware design will provide lasting benefits in the 21st century and beyond.
The traveling exhibition is designed by Erik Slothouber and Wim van Hornsveld, Amsterdam and organized by Natascha Drabbe from Cultural Connections, Holland. www.re-f-use.com
Photo courtesy DDC
Sprocket Chair
Design: Colin Reedy 1995
Produced by: MetaMorf inc. USA
Seat: 75% recycled plastic or recycled paper (Gridcore).
Steel base: 15% recycled steel.
Photo: Kirsten Kiser
Fiber Bowls
Design: Authentic 1992
manufacturer: Philippine Company for Authentic, Germany.
Made from banana plant debris and coconut tree bark.
Photo: Kirsten Kiser
Global Gumbo Tiles
Design: David Hertz A.I.A. 1995
Manufacturer: Syndesis inc, USA
Made from Syndecrete, 40% recovered, recycled fly ash; a powder residue from the combustion of pulverized coal in electronic power plants.
Photo: Kirsten Kiser
Light Columns
Design: Gerhard and Beata Bär + Hartmut Knell 1995
Manufacturer: Bär + Knell design, Germany
made from different types of plastic packaging waste, illuminated with fluorescent lamps.
Photo: Kirsten Kiser
Wellington Boots made of PVC Plastic (Design: Dunlop Footwear), Shopping Bags from recycled leather fiber (Design: Katja Horst 1994), Paper Handbags made from 40% post-consumer recycled kraft paper, cotton and leather( Design: Deja Vous/Laurie Carter 1996) and Deep E Co. shoes made from recycled PET, metals, paper and other refuse (Design: Gary Wells 1996).
