The after-life of a magazine most often culminates in a trip to the dump. If lucky, the magazine may find its way to a recycling center, awaiting re-creation into a second-life product. Few magazines find purpose in being reused.
A new line of mirrors and picture frames carried by Urban Oufitters re-uses old magazines in their funky design.
Old pages of magazines have been folded into quarter-sized, chip-like shapes which have been compressed and put together to form the edging for picture frames and mirrors.
These home-deco items are not only fun, funky, and colorful. They say, "hey, I like to recycle."...or rather reuse.
A group in San Fransisco-surprise, surprise-also supports the up-and-coming "Green Home-Decor Movement" which will quite possibly take over the home-decor market and eventually the world. Made from Scrap is a "re-source workshop warehouse, where recycling becomes everyday art." Essentially they hold workshops and classes in which they make art and deco's out of other people's waste. Neat!
Like my mother always said, "one person's trash is another's treasure." Or something like that...
Photo courtesy of: urbanoutfitters.com
1 comment:
I always wanted a display of Martha Stewart being sandwiched by Hugh Hefner and Larry Flint on my wall. Only kidding. Sweet post! I'll have to do some dumpster diving for my next dorm-room makeover. Of course that's what people accuse me of doing anyway.
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