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The exhibition
REHOGAR (Re-home)
has been put together by Makea Tu Vida intending
to underline the potential of Design in making the most
of waste as a raw material for new products, and to show
that another design is possible. The exhibition suggests
a tour to a habitat where all objects are made of waste:
some materials are either reused or recycled, and some
objects encourage us to reuse and recycle.
REHOGAR
stems from a competition inviting designers, architects,
artists, students, amateurs, etc. to submit their
proposals for home furniture and accessories based on
waste. With a group-exhibition format, the show
transforms the exhibition space into a house in which
all objects have been built using waste: some materials
are either reused or recycled, and some objects
encourage us to reuse and recycle. The aim is to rethink
our homes and lifestyles, to propose practical solutions
rooted in everyday life, reproducible and
environmentally friendly ideas that can be easily taken
to the practice. The third edition of REHOGAR 2012 is
held on the occasion of the conference Disechos’12
which, with the slogan “From Design to Practice”,
includes lectures, workshops, exhibitions, dialogues and
afterworks in relation to design and
experimentation in re-use, autonomy, interdisciplinarity
and creative communities for the design new home spaces
in a creative and active way.
REHOGAR 2012 includes proposals and works by Atelier
Melis, System Design Studio, Arquitectura Se Mueve,
Duasenzatre, Proyecto Asilo, Naranja Sureste, Forniture,
Equipo Nómada, Empalm&2, Recicla2, Victoria Navarro,
Alba Gil, 1Unik, Lucia Martinez Arts&Crafts, David
Recalde, Paco Contreras, Franco Reyes, Laura Donate,
Silvia Bolumar, Tomas Gorria, Equipo Ah!, Mercedes
Moreno, Pedro Luis Carretero, Giorgio Ceste, Pilar
Monteagudo, Foundcrelamps, Reutilizarte, Madre in Spain,
Ana Escalante, Guido Puccioni, Maria Fiter, Cota 2.85,
Las Rómulas, Taller Re, RV Disseny, Alvaro Navarro,
Proyect @3, Konvertible, Alicia Fernandez, Arquiroflexia,
Marisa Stinga, OOOMydesign, Vicente Pinarello, Spook
Toys, La Col, ReFarm the City…
REHOGAR
reinvents itself year after year in an open and
participatory process.
REHOGAR
stems from a competition inviting designers, architects,
artists, students, do-it-yourself lovers, etc. to submit
their proposals for home furniture and accessories based
on waste. From the proposals submitted, Makea
Tu Vida selected the pieces and projects later used
in the construction of the "house" that hosts the
exhibition. Under this exhibition format, a stage (a
home) has been created and filled with the exhibits in a
dedicated context. |
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Makea Tu Vida
is a non-profit making cultural association with a
social, artistic and educational dimension. It seeks to
foster creative reuse and raise environmental awareness
about waste issues in society. Its working lines are
focused on design, re-use and communication. Makea Tu
Vida runs the following research lines:
Development of collective and interdisciplinary
participation strategies to make society more aware.
Creation of home proposals and research in new materials
by means of experimentation and waste matter.
Creation of new working methods to generate user
instructions for new products.
Design as a creative rather than aesthetic or
added-value tool, design as the very process of creating
an object, but always from an environmental viewpoint,
from the idea of designing for recycling and reusing,
for the use of non-hazardous and non-polluting products.
The association stands up for participatory and
environmentally friendly design versus the idea of the
designer as a make-up artist.
It promotes reflection and, above all, action. Humour,
playing and creativity in proposing imaginative and
functional proposals and as a way to fight consumerism
and disposable goods. Right from the start, Makea Tu
Vida developed different activities related to
design and waste: lectures and talks, workshops,
communication campaigns, development of strategies for
the re-use promotion, meetings, etc. |
