Or, How a Waterwing Became a Lampshade. We don’t read German, but by some midnight internet path as disappeared as Hansel and Gretel’s breadcrumbs, we managed to find this German website with picture after picture of creative repurposing of everyday objects.
This seems to be inspired by, or perhaps a variant of Chindogu, the art of useless inventions and a term coined by Japanese inventor and author Kenji Kawakami.
Unlike Chindogu, however, we see this more like a very creative and witty form of recycling.
We’ve divined that an entity named Atelier V is somehow involved, but that’s it. If you happen to be a reader who speaks German, perhaps you could shed some caution-orange light on the project.
Check out the rest of the pictures here.
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the tea light tin as postcard holder is pure genius.
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The title of the project reads "Umdenken" - rethinking.
atelier v. is a graphic design agency trying to refresh their team-spirit and boost their creativity via the project. Thus the objects were created in between commercial projects. That's basically all.
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I also like the the recycled tinlight holder, I've thrown away a few of those and this is a great idea. It occurs to me that it can also be used as a dinner placecard holder, very useful now with the holidays around the corner.
I don't think the exposed cotton balls in a whisk is hygienic enough for me.
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RJD - I love the tealight as place card holder! Who wants to buy those for one fancy dinner a year? And no guilt when tossing b/c it was repurposed anyway, easy way to clear the table. Great idea.
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The flyswatter as mouth protector (for when you're biking, so you don't swallow insects) is pretty hilarious. I don't know about the teabag toilet thing though.
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