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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.

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Design

No Waste Chair: waste transformed into eye-catcher

DON'T MISS

Designer Clive Roddy created the SPOON LAMP that is composed of 115 stainless steel dessert spoons.

Lighting

SPOON LAMP by Clive Roddy

There's an object that has been featured in three lighting designs here on upcycleDZINE. And every design uses a different version of this object....

The value, importance and function of an object is relative and even the stuff that is seemingly insignificant can be extremely good " – upcycleDZINE

Homeware

79°C BENCH: water heater furniture by Nelly Trakidou

What I love about upcycle design is the fact that people come up with great ideas on how to give discarded objects/items a new...

18 upcycle design ideas using bottles

HALO: acrylic ellipses pendant by Beau Easley

Elegant and durable fashion made from inner tubes by Innervy

Three Sixty Table: Skaters Lazy Susan by Studio Maurer Hendrichs

Bags out of upcycled football shirts by COPA

MOKA: coffee sound system by Alessandro Valenti

MilkSkirt lampshade by Gilbert de Rooij

Fridgecouch: comfy back seats in a fridge by Adrian Johnson

Seatbelt Furniture by Nuttapong Charoenkitivarakorn

Chopvalue Wall Décor Set created by upcycling discarded chopsticks | upcycleDZINE

Reuse Chopsticks to create upcycle furniture and homeware

DIY: Salvaged Wooden Spool Ottoman by Shelly Leer

DIY: Light Book by Grathio Labs

LIGHTING

Lighting

VORTEX: steel wine barrel hoops chandelier by Stil Novo Design

For those of you who don't know it by now, a wine barrel is such a great object to upcycle. After 3 to 5...

Lighting

LaFlor: upcycled wine bottle lamp by Nutcreatives

In the last post about upcycle design made out of glass I said the following: In our everyday life one can’t imagine a world without Glass. Just...

Dracula’s Rosette: homage to vampires by Herywalery

Other People’s Rubbish by Heath Nash

COLOSSEUM: iconic Eiffel Tower chandelier by J.P. Meulendijks

Milk Glass Pendant Lamp by Ruig & Geroest – upcycleDZINE

Milk Glass Pendant by Ruig & Geroest

RINGS LAMP: upholstery spring pole lamp by WilDesignArt

Tank Light close up by Castor | upcycleDZINE

Tank Light by Castor

Chalkboard LED lampshade by Wes bennett

Khrysalis by Jerry Kott

DIY: Upcycle plastic into DROP lampshade by Gilbert de Rooij

Plastic Fish at Rio+20

Plastic waste upcycled into art by Aurora Robson

The beauty of Colanders used for lighting design

HOMEWARE

Coupling Wall Hanging: upcycled fire hose by Oxgut – upcycleDZINE

Homeware

Coupling Wall Hanging: upcycled fire hose by Oxgut Hose Co.

An object that hasn't been featured much here on upcycleDZINE is an accessory. Two examples of upcycle design accessories are one by oooms for the...

Reclaimed iron piping by Oilfield Slang – upcycleDZINE

Homeware

Upcycled iron piping by Oilfield Slang

When you look at the mbar Clock by jankodesign, KOZO by KOZO Lamp and New Wine Old Bottles by Peared Creation they have one thing in common. They all use upcycled iron piping. And...

Fire Braid: woven fire hose stool by ideenklette

Adirondack Ski Chairs by Anne Rast

Vintage Ladder upcycled into Bookshelf by Naturally Cre8tive

RE_VINYL clock by Pavel Sidorenko

Crushed: black table with glass top made from salvaged metal by HANNAH VAUGHAN | upcycleDZINE

Crushed: table collection made from salvaged metal

Beer Barrel Bedroom: sleeping in an upcycled 19th century barrel

Lazy Jack for The Lazy Life

STALLO: upcycled glass bottles turned into cups – upcycleDZINE

STALLO: upcycled glass bottles turned into cups by OS Italianos

WAIRS: clothes hanger out of old chairs by Nikos Tsoumanis

Wine Barrel Furniture by Balk en Plank on upcycleDZINE

Wine Barrel Furniture by Barrel Atelier

WEDGE seat: shipyard wood furniture by Jelle Aarts – upcycleDZINE

WEDGE: shipyard wood seat by Jelle Aarts

Vintage Steel Card File Cabinets by Artspace Industrial

UPCYCLE IDEAS | DIY

DIY

DIY: Upcycle milk cartons into MilkDrop lampshade by Gilbert de Rooij

Today I'm adding another DIY upcycle lampshade to the other upcycle design lampshades I made. Again it's a design that uses discarded plastic milk cartons. I've...

Ideas

25 upcycle design table lamp ideas

In this group-post number thirty two you’ll find 25 unique upcycle design table lamp ideas. upcycleDZINE is a blog that focuses on showing what upcycle design is all...