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Recycle & Upcycle at the Harvest Workroom during the State of Design Festival 2011
The creative team behind Harvest Workroom are at it again, and we are providing you with PLENTY of notice so you can jump in now and become involved before their upcoming events book out! During the Melbourne State of Design Festival in July, they have been selected to be a satellite venue for the Design for Everyone Program. Named MakeUp, their venue will play host to a bevy of fun workshops which focus on using recycled and reclaimed materials that can be recreated into wondrous new objects.
Willow Chair by Greg Hatton
During the Design For Everyone program, Harvest Workroom will also host some extra special workshops led by some of our talented local designers who excel in the field of upcycled design. Greg Hatton, landscape designer and furniture designer will help you make your own willow chair. Leila Sanderson will show you how to make her signature Wendy House Mini teepee from old yacht sailcloth and Maryann Talia Pau will share with you her skills on weaving with fabric. Jewellery designer Liz Jones of BettyJo will show you how to make a Glaminex Brooch, and the Harvest Textile girls will show you how to transform vintage wallpaper into artworks with a little added screenprinting!
Mini Teepee by Leila Sanderson
Weaving Fabric by Maryann Palia Pau & Glaminex Brooch by Betty Jo Designs
These special workshops are limited to a small number of participants, so if you are interested in learning more from these fabulous designers, do hop skip and jump across to the Harvest Workroom website to secure your place!
VENUE: Harvest Workroom, 512 Lygon St, East Brunswick Melbourne.
Images courtesy of Harvest Workroom.
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ebay Green Team – Taking ebay to greener levels?
Most of us are familiar with eBay, however how many of you have heard of eBay Green Team? I must admit I’ve been meaning to find out more about this for a while now and am glad have finally got there! At first I wasn’t clear how “Green eBay” was different from regular eBay – Aren’t most things second hand or vintage on eBay? Well, it always helps to dig a little deeper.
Green eBay was launched in 2007 by a small group of eBay employees who wanted to make buying and selling on eBay as green as possible . Their mission was “to inspire the world to buy, sell and think green every day.” Fast forward to 2011 and green eBay now has more than 2400 employees and has attracted close to 300,000 green members.
You won’t find any plastic toys, nylon sheets or the latest Nintendo on Green Ebay. Instead, you can happily shop knowing your purchase will be either upcycled, recycled, made from natural ingredients or save energy and other resources. A quick glance at the site reveals items ranging from energy efficient TV’s and light bulbs, vintage clothing and organic duvet covers.
Whilst Green ebay is very much American focused, it does provide some good ideas on how to sell and buy products that helps to conserve our resources. Their reusable and recyclable box program aims to get at least 5 re-uses out of the one box. By simply reusing the box a number of times, it is estimated 4000 trees are protected, 2.4 million gallons of water saved and energy to at least 69 homes a year conserved!
It is worthwhile to head on over to the website for a peak – if not just to see the initiatives being undertaken by the ebay Green Team with other organisations (such as recycling electronic goods) or to read green activist Anna Getty’s Top ten tips for living in style!. So head on over to Green ebay and let us know what you think!
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Hideyo: Recycled & Upcycled Design
Some people just have that special creative “knack” of looking at an everyday item, and seeing the potential in it to be something else. Maya McDonell and Sam Beckman of Tasmanian based business Hideyoare one such duo.
Unwanted books are transformed into artistic paper creations. Photo by Michelle DuPont
Knowing how to fold paper to make a paper airplane is one thing, but knowing how to skilfully fold and weave old pieces of paper into a creative masterpiece is another!
Photos by Michelle Du Pont
Upcycled/Repurposed Fashion
Hideyo uses old clothes and refashions them into extremely smart purses and handbags – even the pockets in old trousers remain functionable when turned into a bag!.
Organic Cotton canvas and screenprinted hemp from Pippijoe
Maya and Sam’s commitment to turning old things into something new and leaving a gentler impact on the environment is evident throughout their creations. Their unique designs are handmade in their cottage out in a forest in the north of Tasmanian. Hideyo exhibits their wares in many markets being held across Australia, in addition to being available at selected Stockists. Well worth a visit
Photographs courtesy of Hideyo website
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Raising The Bar
There are events galore on at the moment in Melbourne and regional Victoria as part of the State of Design Festival. If you are attending any of the events, a perfect way to end the day is to attend ‘Raising the Bar” at the Order of Melbourne’s rooftop terrace bar and have a refreshing ale whilst debriefing on the days events, marvelling at the bar’s recycled and repurposed installations and soaking in the city skyline.
Stools made from old telephone directories & tables from wine bottles diffused with light
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Old circuit boards adorn the rear wall, and timber offcuts make an eye catching seat.
The Raising The Bar installation is the result of 10 architects using 10 different types of recycled materials, and minimal financial outlay to demonstrate how sustainable design can be generated in the built world. Architects have sourced an array of materials including recycled bottles, keyboards, circuit boards and other hard rubbish finds.
The brightly coloured RMIT University building provides a perfect backdrop.
As you enter/leave the bar, don’t forget to say hello/goodbye to the bathing mannequin…
Raising the Bar is presented by the Australian Institute of Architects Victorian Chapter and will operate until 24 July 2010. Enjoy!
Location:
The Rooftop Terrace
The Order of Melbourne
Level 3, 401 Swanston Street
Melbourne VIC 3000
Opening hours:
Tue – Wed: 3pm-11pm
Thurs – Fri: 3pm-1am
Saturday: 3pm-1am
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