{"product_id":"pure-gold-upcycled-upgraded-hardcover","title":"Pure Gold: Upcycled! Upgraded! - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eElke Aus Dem Moore\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eVolker Albus\u003c\/b\u003e (Text by (Art\/Photo Books)), \u003cb\u003eAdelia Borges\u003c\/b\u003e (Text by (Art\/Photo Books))\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWaste as material: recycling in design\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe processes of global industrialization and mounting consumerism produce so much refuse on a daily basis that recycling and upcycling have become hot topics of vital global importance. Waste, a seemingly inexhaustible resource, has become a new kind of raw material for production. Designers are beginning to take a different view of the \"useless\" things that people discard: bulky waste, rubbish, cheap materials--in the right hands, these become pure gold. \u003ci\u003ePure Gold: Upcycled! Upgraded!\u003c\/i\u003e explores the subject of recycling in design and presents ideas for using refuse to create valuable products.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWorking with seven curators from Europe, Latin America, North Africa and the Middle East, East Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia and South East Asia, \u003ci\u003ePure Gold\u003c\/i\u003e brings together 53 designers and approximately 75 of their objects to explore value creation from garbage and scrap materials in European and non-European contexts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 396\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.2 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 27, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769722765600,"sku":"9783959051729","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/532ca2e8c3b930e55b2877979be25e0d.webp?v=1780354601","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/pure-gold-upcycled-upgraded-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}