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bolsos berlin

bolsos berlin

Berlin, Germany

bolsos berlin is a small Upcycling-brand in Berlin. As a solo entrepreneur I create accessories with advertising banners, used sails, event-materials and other "industrial" waste like offset-printing mats. In our (I share the space with an other upcycling-artist) Work-Shop in Berlin-Kreuzberg I create, develop, manufacture and sell one-of-a-kind bags, backpacks, wallets, hip bags, bike-panners...

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Lauren Davies

Iron Keld

Kendal, England, UK

I upcycle retired outdoor fabrics into useful products and textile art. I also teach sewing workshops and provide a specialist outdoor gear repair service

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Angie Aguirre

Berlin, DE

Angie studied Communication Sciences in Córdoba, Argentina, before moving to Germany in 2004. Her work sits at the intersection of fashion, textiles, sustainability, communication, and social change. In 2012, she founded Therapy Recycle & Exorcise together with her sister Poli.

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Katherine Soucie

Sans Soucie

London, United Kingdom

Katherine Soucie, PhD, is a British-Canadian artist, designer whose work centres on creative reuse, remanufacturing, and mending. With over 25+ years of experience upcycling, her award winning studio/brand, Sans Soucie, works across textiles, fashion, and visual art, developing multidisciplinary approaches that transform textile industry waste into new materials and applications.

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Ayisha Gaffoor

UpswingSA

Cape Town, South

We are a non-profit organization and we sell donated goods to raise funds for our organization. We focus on skills development through upcycling projects. Our organization is funded by the sales from our thrift store.

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Adele Zavagno

POST—MATTER

Enschede, Netherlands

POST—MATTER is a multidisciplinary design studio by Adele Zavagno. She is a designer based between Italy and the Netherlands who works with local and discarded materials merging the worlds of textiles and biodesign.

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Donna Maione

Cornwall-on-Hudson, United States

Practicing mender studying repair economies and place-based practices that keep clothes in use. With a background as a clothing designer, Donna researches fashion's overlooked side through practice, treating repair as a critical part of circular design and bringing it to the forefront at design inception rather than at the end of a product's

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Lorna Minter

Latham Street

Southend-on-Sea, UK

REUSED | REMADE | RELOVED Vintage Fashion♻️ Reworked Streetwear Specialists🇬🇧PopUps•Wholesalers•Sustainable Fashion Ravers🪩✨ Est.06•Good Vibes Only✌️

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kugelfaengerin

Vienna, Austria

i am an artist based in vienna, predominantly working in the fields of textiles, photography, and illustration. i love experimenting with different materials and trying out new things - whilst my ideals of feminism, anti-capitalism and environmentalism are always leading principles in my artwork. i'd love to hear from you via e-mail or instagram dm!

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Merrybeeri

Merrybeeri

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Pratteln, Switzerland

I’m Marianne, the creative mind behind Merrybeeri in Pratteln, Switzerland. I give discarded materials a new lease of life by turning old jeans, water wings, banners, umbrellas and leftover candle wax into unique handmade bags, pouches, wet bags and candles. With creativity and a love for detail, I transform what others throw away into something special: every piece with its own story to tell.

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