Discover the art of upcycling with the stunning collection that showcases innovative designs created from reclaimed materials. This brand new hardback book, authored by Antonia Edwards and published by Prestel Publishing, invites you into a world where yesterday's waste becomes today's masterpiece. Inside this 256-page treasure, you will explore unique furniture, lighting, and art objects that exemplify superb craftsmanship and thoughtful design, transforming low-value items into breathtaking additions to any home.

Divided by material—wood, metal, glass, textiles, plastic, paper, and mixed media—this book features hundreds of creations from today’s most exciting international designers. Marvel at how reclaimed tree branches can become elegant furniture pieces or bicycle chains can be reimagined as stunning chandeliers. Through this compelling visual journey, you will find inspiration to embrace upcycling in your own creative projects and interior design endeavors.

Whether you're seeking sustainability, aesthetics, or both, this book serves as a perfect resource for anyone interested in how upcycling leads to beautifully crafted items. From t-shirts turned into cozy rugs to saris that bring new life to upholstery, the possibilities are endless. No matter your design style, you’ll find ideas that resonate and inspire.

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CONDITION: Brand New
Dimensions: 210 x 270 mm
Pages: 256
Bind: hardback
Author: Antonia Edwards Publisher: Prestel Publishing


Upcycling goes upscale in this beautiful, elegant, and global collection that showcases what today’s designers are creating out of yesterday’s materials. Upcycling is the process of transforming seemingly low value items into something new. Today’s upcyclists are creating stunning furniture, lighting, and art objects that combine values of superb craftsmanship and design with ideas of how “waste” can be both inspiring and informing. While the environmental and financial benefits of upcycling are readily acknowledged in Upcyclist: Reclaimed and Remade Furniture, Lighting and Interiors, the designers and makers profiled show how the practice can result in pieces that are as aesthetically exciting as anything created using only raw materials. Based on the author’s popular website, this book features hundreds of creations from an international collection of today’s most exciting designers. It is organized by material, with chapters dedicated to wood, metal, glass and ceramics, textiles, plastic, paper, and mixed media. Reclaimed tree branches and barn doors are transformed into exquisite pieces of furniture; bicycle chains into chandeliers; t-shirts into rugs; saris into upholstery. Filled with an enormous range of materials and objects, this unique book will inspire any designer or design-conscious consumer to incorporate upcycling into their creative practice or interior design projects.

We are happy to combine shipping. Smartfox is a NZ owned business located in Auckland. This product is in stock in NZ which means no unexpected import charges, custom duty or tax.