By Nathan Devine Retrash - Upcycle Repurpose Reuse Recycle (1st First Edition) [Paperback]

by Nathan Devine

Retrash is the result of a 3 year collaboration with 82 artists and designers from 20 countries around the world.Retrash will inspire you with creative and innovative ideas on reusing second hand materials. The book is a recycled piece of art itself as it is printed on 100% recycled paper.This book represents a small part of the solution to our growing problem of waste, which is to reduce the demand for new materials by reusing existing materials. If we can reduce the amount of waste ending up in landfill and in our oceans, we can also reduce the need for sourcing new materials through deforestation and mining.$2 from each book sale is donated between the Helen Bamber Foundation and FINCA.org as part of the author's life mission to help those in need. Foreword from the "To all of you who have contributed such inspiring ideas, I thank you for making Retrash what it is today. This book has given me the opportunity to meet some of the most creative and generous individuals that I have ever met. It has been my passion for the last four years to promote recycling and upcycling innovations to the world and I look forward to continuing on this journey.I truly believe that this book and the incredible people behind it can inspire us all to see waste differently by opening our minds to more creative and practical solutions. I hope you enjoy it."Nathan DevineFounder of Retrash

Genres: Nonfiction

Unknown Binding

First published August 1, 2014

Reviews

[Ligaya · Rating 2 out of 5]

Some upcycled pieces in this book were quite beautiful, and some were kinda puzzling, but I guess that's a decent range of responses! Much of the work was jewelry. I was disappointed that there were few functional pieces. The writing is very uneven as it seemed each contributor's blurb was not edited to make the book, as a whole, cohesive. Does spark ideas, though.