{"id":13419,"date":"2011-09-08T11:09:16","date_gmt":"2011-09-08T17:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.sustainablog.org\/?p=13419"},"modified":"2011-09-08T11:09:16","modified_gmt":"2011-09-08T17:09:16","slug":"building-with-trash-trashkitchens-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/building-with-trash-trashkitchens-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Building with Trash: Transfodesign&#039;s Trashkitchens Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"TransfoDesign.mov\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-oGxZ_YaV_M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>As a commenter here pointed out recently, the term &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/glossy-magazines-upcycling\/\">upcycling<\/a>&#8221; has strayed from its industrial roots into the <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/six-creative-upcycling-projects\/\">crafty DIY space<\/a>&#8230; so you&#8217;re much more likely to see it applied to <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/eco-fashion-rachel-mace\/\">fashion<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/upcycled-accessories-fashion-st-louis\/\">accessories<\/a>, or other handmade items as opposed to products that come out of plants or factories. But it&#8217;s not just the Etsy set that&#8217;s embraced this concept: builders are using shipping containers, <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/sundance-channel-launches-season-two-of-the-green-with-garbage-warrior\/\">old tires<\/a>, and a host of other discarded materials for environmental and economic reasons. Though they don&#8217;t often use the term &#8220;upcycled,&#8221; they&#8217;ve shown the potential for the idea beyond the individual craftperson.<\/p>\n<p>Barcelona-based <a href=\"http:\/\/www.transfodesign.info\/\">Transfodesign<\/a> would like to encourage more designers to think about the potential that exists in the things we throw away, and has put together its <a href=\"http:\/\/www.trashkitchens.info\/\">Trashkitchens<\/a> competition together to see what kinds of kitchens design teams might create from trash. Envisioned as &#8220;a satellite event planned during the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.barcelona4seasons.com\/events\/bcn-design-festival_e_1163.aspx\">BCN Design Festival<\/a>,&#8221; Trashkitchens will challenge five teams to &#8220;create mobile kitchens from salvaged material.&#8221; The competitors will come to the event with their designs ready; the challenge will involve building the concept in two days.<\/p>\n<p>Though just over a month away, Trashkitchens is still very much in process&#8230; and that includes funding. I found the project <a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiegogo.com\/Trashkitchens\">on Indiegogo<\/a>, and think it&#8217;s worthy of your consideration (for funding that is&#8230; their time is short to raise the needed $6500). While some will no doubt think &#8220;A kitchen made of trash? 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