How can design contribute to the development of both material and spiritual wellbeing and sustainability?
For example, the relation between materialistic and spiritual fulfillment, physical and mental practices and skills, ownership and access, or between sustainability and wealth?
TEAM
Tessa Benning
Siyu Chen
Angela Yu
CONTEXT
BA Product Design
International Design Studio
2024
PROFESSORS
Grant Baker
Judith van Weert-Deckers
Jingling Zhang
Nottingham Trent University, Department of Product Design, Nottingham, United Kingdom
A Second Purpose is a collaborative international project that explores design interventions for repurposing discarded objects. Vessels from household waste were selected and additive components to transform them into functional, desirable products for displaying flowers were designed and developed. The components, produced using 3D printing, were designed for the giftware market, focusing on sustainability, consumer ownership, creating nostalgic connections and breathing new life into seemingly obsolete objects.