Taste the Waste
Nowadays social networks and traditional
media are overflowing with waste; by that
we mean the topic of waste seen in different
points of view.
Every day new ideas how to reuse waste arise.
However, only a few people perceive waste
as stable, initial material for production;
moreover design production.
The waste issues are attractive to a part of
public because it is fashionable, its connection
to social networks draws attention of younger
generations or more precisely part of them
who feel the intensive need to defend their
own future as well as future of their potential
offspring. It is good to take advantage of this
attractiveness.
It can be done in a way of reflection on
two significant modalities concentrated on
existential opposites of words „to need” and
„to want”. We do not work with an opportunity
to store invested energy, because in case
of a need everything is still and over again
obtainable.
Take the FoodPrint Project (foodprint.online)
as a starting point. While thinking of designing
something, focus not only on HOUSEHOLD,
that material and intimate space of everyday
living.
Design anything that is not autotelic, but that
is useful, beautiful, attractive and that can be
produced in serial production – even though
small.
The condition is to use waste: cuttings,
remains, edgings, or material which is
created by crushing and mixing with cement...
simply anything which is left primarily after
production or service. It can be of organic or
inorganic origin.
Expand your awareness of resources and
forms of waste. Find production companies
in your closest surroundings and ask what
kind of waste they produce. Choose the most
appropriate waste for your project!
Think what you can use it for; not in a solo but
serial production.
Think of a message of your practical and
thought process. Record or log your steps from
the first idea to the final product. Find your
own draughtsman, film-maker, photographer
who documents your thought process and
workflow.
Use information system of the project as your
product´s journal. Share your process on
social networks or on project´s websites.
And do not forget to minimize waste while
making something from waste... when you say
A through your piece of work, suggest B – what
to do with waste that you have produced.