SOS: supercycle our souls
A$2,575
of $2,500 targetyrs ago
Successful on 30th Mar 2012 at 12:00AM.
We are taking an exhibition of new work by supercycling designers profiled on www.supercyclers.com (and some more) focussing on innovation in materials and ideas about sustainability - to the world - well, actually to Milan Design Week in April (next month!) - where the world of design will be gathered for a week.
Supercyclers wants to tackle issues like the plastic mess we've made in our oceans by changing perceptions about waste and what we do with it...
in fact we want to make what you might have once thrown in the garbage look so beautiful and be so useful that you will now pay good money just to have it back - or take on some of our ideas and Do It Yourself.
The best way to understand what we are doing is to give you some examples;
Mark Vaarwerk finds polystyrene boxes in the lanes behind restaurants and turns them into covetable little boxes with a technique he calls 'unexpanding'. Pictured is one of his unexpanded brooches - he's uses discarded materials to give his work colour also, in this case cigarette butts he has found on the way to work, tint the brooch - sounds disgusting - but looks and feels amazing.
Liane Rossler and myself, Sarah K (also known as the original supercylers) have created works from the demon single use plastic bag. Since we launched our first objects in Milan last year we have exhibited new variations in Bruxelles and Amsterdam and we've made a brand new "transparent" collection for Milan including utensils and little puffball lights (pictured). On the website we show you how to DIY.
But that's not all...we have Ontwerplabel ViJ5 from Eihdhoven who have created the amazing Newspaper Wood. Layers and layers of old newspapers are bonded together to form a strong new product that when cut has a grain very similar to wood - but groovier -and they are making some new furniture for our exhibition...Sydneysider Andrew Simpson has made the most beautiful blue and clear glass vase from a recycled solar panel and is working on a portable machine for breaking down ocean plastic onsite so that new items can be made - that will biodegrade! genius...supercrafter Tamara Maynes has made a light-template which you can make yourself from your own junk - she provides you with the template and instructions...best way to see more about us is to jump onto www.supercyclers.com and check out what's there.
There's more but I'm not going to give it all away now - I'll update you as we get closer and keep in touch when we are in Milan and I have to emphasise its not just about the products - its about sharing these ideas - collective production!
The exhibition will also be showing in Sydney in June 2012 in the exhibition pods I designed for the Moore Park Supacenta, so its a chance to see it all here in Oz.
Ok me. I am Sarah K and I am a designer and curator based just outside Sydney. I have a number of projects on at any one time and 90% of these see the light of day. I can't sit still for long - and I have a tendency to create an opportunity and then take everyone I know and respect along for the ride.
I always want to include as many willing particpants as possible. I cannot believe I haven't used crowdfunding before - it is so up my alley. This is the perfect way to involve a lot of people in the project on a number of levels. I am really looking forward to the whole process - which brings me to you:
Supercyclers is not really our idea - its one of those things that is in the air and happening already and we just put a name to it. What I am trying to say is that it is just as much your project as ours, as it relates to our treatment of the world - which belongs to all of us.
Kept in the SOS:supercyclers loop I will personally keep everyone who supports this project up to date with SOS movements you will automatically become a supercycler supporter
17 chosen
Est. delivery is May 26
Exclusive invitation to SOS: supercycle our souls exhibition special event in Sydney June 2012 Meet the designers and hear about the work first hand
9 chosen / 41 available
Est. delivery is May 26
Tamara Maynes (signed) Special Edition Have Your Say in Helvetica Kit This kit lets you have YOUR say in the Helvetica font! Using the Helvetica a-z cross stitch design chart and easy instructions it's up to you to stitch/write whatever you choose. Try something short and sweet that fits within the included timber hoop and stitch in any of the three colour combinations available! All kits come with charcoal grey, ecru and a choice of either yellow, red or tiffany blue threads. | Product Details | Embroidery Hoop measures 21.5cm diameter and is suitable to use for framing as shown in image. | Kit contains| Black cross stitch fabric Needle & embroidery thread in three colours. Blonde Wood Embroidery Hoop A-Z design chart and easy to follow instructions In this special edition you will also find enough fabric and thread to create not one but 3x different designs Tamara Maynes is one of the supercyclers showing new work in this exhibition.
2 chosen / 1 available
Est. delivery is May 26
supercyclers workshop with Liane Rossler + Sarah K June 2012 A 2 hour supercycling workshop learning the basics of creating beautiful table objects from plastic bags - We will show you how and you can take home your own set!
1 chosen / 5 available
Est. delivery is May 26
Megan Morton Home Love 100 inspiring ideas for creating beautiful rooms A (signed) copy of the best selling book by our favourite home lover Megan Morton.
1 chosen / 0 available
Est. delivery is May 26
theschool.com.au March 2012 Valued at $60 Make something magical and be part of the first ever Kid's workshop at Megan Morton's brand new HQ for all things style-related
1 chosen / 0 available
Est. delivery is May 26
InsideOut 1 Year Subscription Australia's leading light in beautiful ideas for interiors, homes and gardens - InsideOut Magazine delivered to your door for a whole year! Pictured are some pages from the Supercyclers feature in the current issue - styled by Glen Proebstel and shot by Anson Smart.
1 chosen / 0 available
Est. delivery is May 26
Aesop Theory of Evolution Kit from Aesop's Science Range contains the complete Anti-Oxidant Parsley Seed Skin Care collection Valued at $350 postage free within Australia The image shown on this kit is a detail from Elementa Geometriae (Elements of Geometry), Euclid, translated from Arabic by Adelard of Bath, printed by Erhard Ratdolt, Venice, 1482, and Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, Sir Isaac Newton, published by Joseph Streeter for the Royal Society, London, 1687 : From the most beautiful skin + beauty brand on earth our partners Aesop
1 chosen / 0 available
Est. delivery is May 26