RECYCLED MATERIALS IN GRAPHIC ARTS

Darby Geist
EXAMPLES OF
RECYCLED MATERIAL IN GRAPHIC ARTS

➤ Packaging

➤ Housing
WHERE DID THIS START?
MICHELLE READER

Since 1997
Creating sculptures from recycled materials
Using mechanical elements: toys and clocks
Materials used from city dumps and roadsides
AS ARTISTS

Known as “the starving artist”

We must be creative and solve problems
This can be handy in the graphic design
world
Use elements of recycled fine art processes in
the graphic design process
Packaging
Housing
RECYCLED MATERIALS IN GRAPHIC ARTS
➤ Packaging made from mushrooms, recycled paper,
biodegradable paper, and recyclable paper
➤ Housing made from recycled plastics, mushrooms,
and cork wood
https://youtu.be/DCjoiRa6aMQ
End video at 1:07

https://youtu.be/pJBRqespiOA
“
One man’s trash, is another
man’s treasure

-Yotam Ottolenghi