{"product_id":"pure-gold-upcycled-upgraded-9783959051729","title":"Pure Gold: Upcycled! Upgraded!","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elke Aus Dem Moore\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Spector Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/27\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 396\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.8lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 6.30w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783959051729","brand":"Spector Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45486705803401,"sku":"9783959051729","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_93e17479-01b5-49a1-bc43-28f7d8fd6f61.jpg?v=1775541868","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/pure-gold-upcycled-upgraded-9783959051729","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}