Welcome to upcycleDZINE
This is an independent upcycling blog that has proven to be a clever upcycle inspiration source for design and art ideas created by repurposing discarded items and giving them more value. This blog shows proves why upcycling is important and what the benefits are of repurposing.
DON'T MISS
Fun Ways to Upcycle Old Photos
In this day and age where everything is digital, many see printing photos as wasteful. Indeed, Amateur Photographer points out that, while there are some aspects...
Copper Pipe Lamps by PIPE STORY
Lamps! You can find a lot of them here on upcycleDZINE. And a material that's quite popular too on this blog is copper. For some...
LIGHTING
PET Lamp: reused plastic bottles by Alvaro Catalán de Ocón
As I'am a person who upcycles plastic milk containers into lighting, it isn't strange being immediately attracted by this upcycle design project. It's a...
Industrial dimmable lamps made out of copper tubing by Zapalgo
Yes it's copper again. It just shows how popular this warm and colourful material is and in this case tubing. Incredible how many designers...
HOMEWARE
Expansion vessels upcycled by Groene Bes
Last week upcycleDZINE showed you an upcycle design lamp called Saba made out of an old barrel. Wine barrels, whisky barrels and oil barrels...
Aviation Stool: aircraft turns into design stool by AERO-1946
Last week I bumped into a very cool upcycle design piece made out of metal. It looks a bit like another design that has...
UPCYCLE IDEAS | DIY
8 beautifully upcycled home interior items found on Pinterest
When you look up upcycling home interior items online, you will find tons of creative DIY projects that encourage you to turn something old...
DIY: Upcycle milk container into MILKWAVES lampshade
Yes, another addition to the series of upcycle design lampshades I made, the 'MilkWaves' lampshade. This time it's a smaller piece with a diameter of...
FASHION
T-shirts to show that you are an upcycle fan
Photos © Gilbert de RooijupcycleDZINE followers may have seen my announcement on Facebook of a t-shirt collection to show you're an upcycle fan. I finally...
Bags Made Out Of Upcycled Fire Hose by Elvis & Kresse
What could you do with genuine British fire-hoses and reclaimed parachute silk lining? Well it turns out that Kresse Wesling and James Henrit ...
ART | MUSIC
Dream Big and Dare to Fail
Today is a special day for me, it's my birthday, so time for something different. Yup, another year has gone by and a lot...
GUITAR EAR-O: From electric guitar to headphones by Carina Ostermayer
Today's post is again about music and upcycle design. Already several designs have featured here on upcycleDZINE that had to do with music. And...
EDITOR'S PICK
2BY1: Pallet wood table by Denis Maria
It's pallet-time. Yes, again. Pallet wood is still very popular among upcycle designers and people who like upcycle design. Like I said last time,...
