UPCYCABLES
UPCYCLED! UPGRADED!awesome upcycables
from all over the world
At every venue of the tour, ifa invites local designers to show their works together with Pure Gold. The workshops that take place at the international touring exhibition venues with local designer and maker scenes are guided by Axel Kufus and the design duo Studio Lapatsch|Unger (Annika Unger and Anja Lapatsch). A direct result of the workshops are Upcycables, simple and non-verbal video instructions in stop-motion format that invite the spectator to imitate and gain a new perspective on waste materials.
SÃO PAULO UPCYCABLES
Not enough space in the closet? Take a look at your garbage to come up with this stylish idea!
It's gettin' hot in here!
See how a bottle transforms into a serving dish for anything you can imagine.
This contribution from a chef shows us how we can make a small cooker in any situation. Yummy!
How does a mechanism work? This Upcycable makes otherwise unseen things visible.
Coffee lover? Here's a clever idea for your rubbish.
Incredibly simple and smart at the same time. This kind of a shovel can be made from almost every leftover container!
Now you can look forward to a pipe burst!
Because now you know that this designer piece will be the result.
Quickly need a helping stand? Here you can learn how to create one.
No ball at hand when you need one? Make your own super quick and easy from the bottoms of old plastic bottles.
Sustainable building blocks that magically make plastic waste disappear.
Do you still remember the 70s with its rounded shapes? If you also see a potential revival here, then copy this. If not, any other shape will do it too 😉
Once useful and protective, masks became rubbish. But with just a little bit of heat, a new value can be created that holds a lot of potential.
Ever tried to use plastic bottles as connectors?
Here is the how-to!
One of the most original upcycling strategies reuses beverage cans. Learn here how to remove their tops super easily and quickly.
There's always a reason for a new handbag! However, a sustainable reason seems to be the best one.
MANILA UPCYCABLES
Not enough shoes in the closet yet? Take a look at your garbage to come up with new stylish ideas!
Small but powerful not only in terms of sustainability. The size is up to you by DIY.
THE SOAPDISH
Cosmetic and medical plastic packaging not only flood our household waste but also our nature. Set a good example and follow this instruction to give them a second life.
Yarn from old clothes combined with plastic bottles illuminates not only interiors but also the mind and thus creates a sustainable consciousness.
A basket for every occasion.
Cleverly knotted from synthetic and organic residual materials.
With this smart principle, any slightly thicker, flat material can become a unique, useful little helper.
HANOI UPCYCABLES
Watch the imaginary story of how fishes turn plastic waste into other fishes and what happens when they're facing a plastic bag.
Here you can see how old pallets can give children mobility.
Full speed ahead!
You'll usually find jellyfishes under water, but see how they act if they are taken out of their natural habitat.
This is the story of a top, rescued from the garbage by loving hands. Learn here that repair and upcycling are inseparably interwoven!
See how this hungry, ancient piggy is hunting its bowl and learn about the great work of the VUN Art team from Hanoi!
YANGON UPCYCABLES
See how plastic sheets of packaging material, bags and a combination of popsicle chicks and chopsticks can give you a cool breeze.
Plastic bottles can go more than just one way! See here how they become practical little stools here!
Get your hands dirty! Old greasy car parts and other scrap metal will spice up an old shirt in this Instructable.
BANGKOK UPCYCABLES
Due to their thermoplastic properties, the plastic fertilizer bags used here have been converted into aesthetically valuable bowls in just a few easy steps.
Wood scraps and old cans become a multifunctional desk lamp with integrated pen holder.
This smart coat rack uses some of the water bottles that were emptied during the workshop as well as broken bicycle tubes and filled with water for stabilization.
In these two objects, fabric remnants and discarded cardboard packaging are transformed into fashion accessories that are also good looking while hanging on the wall.
Collected in Bangkok's temples, the remains of ceremonial objects such as incense sticks and candle wax become aesthetic platforms for everyday objects.
Straws account for 7% of Thailand's annual waste. This project shows that it can be used to make clutches and also stimulates ideas for new products.
An old bag for cat food was transformed into a raincoat for dogs.
See how a piece of old denim becomes a storage container with the help of latex.
There is more than one use for chopsticks. Be surprised how here is created from them a kind of bag.
See how to create a new kind of seat from old clothes and plastic bottles here.
HAMBURG UPCYCABLES
Child's play and the best basis for understanding and applying enhancements yourself: Paper mache. A bowl made of recycled paper.
Playing chess with a good wine, doesn't that sound tempting? But it can also be sustainable by reusing the corks.
An old chair frame is reanimated here with the help of a bicycle rim and old inner tubes.
An old chair frame is reanimated here with the help of old bicycle inner tubes.
Old garments can retain their comfort if they are given the chance. For example, in the form of a sofa.
A tailored waistcoat made from woven fabric scraps.
A blind made from old but beloved posters and prints can be brought back to new and useful life through ingenuity.
All kinds of brushes made from found materials.
A bracelet made from leather scraps and cable sections.
A slingshot for shooting corks, made from a branch and old bicycle inner tubes.
A mobile sleeping space and storage for seasonally unworn clothes in one.
INSTAGOLD
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PURE GOLD
Upcycled! Upgraded!
Pure Gold is an exhibition organized by the ifa (Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen), Stuttgart, Germany, which promotes art and cultural exchange in exhibitions, dialogue and conference programs.
As a competence center for international cultural relations, ifa connects civil societies, cultural practices, art, media and science. The ifa is supported by the Federal Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany, the state of Baden-Württemberg and its capital Stuttgart.
©2022 ifa. Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen
