Part of Romanian Design Week 2021 program, Rethinking Plastic showcases a series of international projects that tackle plastic pollution by developing alternative solutions. The exhibition proves that design, renewable materials, recycling and upcycling constitute small steps towards a more sustainable future.
The exhibition is grouped into five main themes: Awareness as agent of change, Reuse, recycle...and upcycle, Dig into the renewable resources and Nature is the future that guide us through all dimensions and implications of plastic pollution.
The projects showcased are developed by different designers and brands all over Europe: Dirk van der Kooij, Ineke Hans, NAT-2, Publicis Groupe, XPLCT Studios, Gum Tech, Ellen Willink for Cloetta, Plasticiet, Gundega Strauberga, Bureau SLA, Overtreders W & Pretty Plastic, Dorian Renard, Jessica den Hartog, Gianmaria Della Ratta, Daan Veerman, Interface, New Order of Fashion, Andrei Bryan Goudarzi, Ferencz Borbala, Jannis Kempkens, Studio Marc, Elissa Brunato, Tjeerd Veenhoven, Lionne van Deursen, Madalin Gheorghe, Soowon Chae, Sarah Harbarth, Sarmite Polakova, Studio laVina, Crafting plastics studio, Basse Stittgen, Shahar Livne, Suzanne Jongmans, Lucas Zito, Jeannette Lili Weiss, Dave Hakkens, Jean Baptiste Gambier.
