Wednesday 31 March 2010

Achieving Cradle-to-Cradle system


There are two ways to achieve a cradle-to-cradle product life cycle system: reusing recycled material from existing objects or repurposing those existing objects for other functions. I am focusing on the latter of these methods because I want to challenge user's perceptions of first-use and second-use functional objects.

I believe if I am able to alter an object in such a way that it is unrecognisable to the user, then none of the previous associations of that object are seen either and the object is not tarnished with the potentially negative connotation of "trash".

So, which object, which process, and which function should I choose?

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