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A Second Purpose

New Life for Household Waste

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.

Catalogue

Fabbrica del Vapore