The sixth edition of Rehogar 6 open design and reuse, propose us a collective exhibition of design through the reuse, from which the academic institution and the collective Makea tu vida, organisers thereoff, they propose practical, sustainable and respectful ideas with the environment through design.

Lamps created by the recovery of hangers, or created from plastic wastes which are manufactured using the principles of a cotton candy machine; wardrobe doors transformed in tables; tables made from old oil drums; slippers of recycled plastic which warn the public on the direct relation between consumerism and wastes, a machine that makes pencils... These are some of the more than 30 proposals by international creators who through open design and reuse of wastes move us toward a more sustainable model of development and production, promoting thus new networks of collective creation.

The exhibition which can be visited in the Botanical Garden of the University of Valencia until next 11 January is in its sixth edition a benchmark in the area of the reuse of wastes as raw material of new objects and not only this in this occasion intends to educate and ecncourage proselytising for the sustainability cause through design, as presents to the public the pieces and the tools and the processess for making these original designs, which are also respectful with the environment. In its sixth edition, the organisers of the Exhibition, the collective Makea tu vida and the University of Valencia, declare that “the collective exhibition Rehogar proposes a journey through furniture and habitat accessories proposals whose identity is open and shareable. Beyond the objects, the main goal of this edition of Rehogar is to show the creation and transformation processes involved in the development of each of the proposals. Opening its design process we reveal the ingredients, tools and assembly instructions so anyone can understand, copy and adapt it to their needs, thus becoming designers and constructors of their own spaces”.

Rehogar is an exhibition that has a heterogeneous content, its proposals range from furniture and lighting proposals to projects for stimulating the imagination developing machines that explore transformation processes of low intensity and high impact.

In its six editions, Rehogar has shown more than 300 pieces, creating a solid international network of creators, who are aware that they are developing their work while respecting their own living environment.

Rethinking our home and our lifestyles, proposing practical and sustainable solutions that talk to us about daily life, which are accessible to anyone and reproducible and above all that are respectful with the environment, these are the goals of this project. “We have undertaken a path -said the organisers- where the design is not going to be done only by professionals. Now it makes more sense to choose and existing design and hacking it so this can be adapted to our needs” conclude the people of Makea.