RECREATE JOURNAL BRINGS TOGETHER PROJECTS, MATERIAL STORIES AND STUDIO THINKING AROUND DESIGN, TRANSFORMATION AND EVERYDAY OBJECTS.
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Read more: The Importance of the Object: Design Transforms Matter into Meaning
The Importance of the Object: Design Transforms Matter into Meaning
A reflection on the symbolic value of objects and how ReCreate transforms reclaimed materials into design pieces with memory, identity and meaning.
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Read more: Jack II Bag: A New Form for a Museum Material
Jack II Bag: A New Form for a Museum Material
The Jack II Bag was created from material previously used in the light boxes of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, transforming a museum support into a functional design object.
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Read more: 560 Jack II Bags for EventCycle
560 Jack II Bags for EventCycle
ReCreate transformed 247 m² of event communication materials for EventCycle into 560 Jack II Bags, later donated to local charitable organisations.
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Read more: Katie Wallet: A Design Shaped by Use
Katie Wallet: A Design Shaped by Use
The Katie Wallet has evolved since 2015 from a specific-use object into one of ReCreate’s most versatile pieces, shaped by material research, technical refinement and customer feedback.
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Read more: When Objects Become Language
When Objects Become Language
A reflection on how objects communicate through material, form and memory, connecting ReCreate’s design practice with the idea of the object as a carrier of meaning.
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Read more: Padrões do Mundo: ReCreate Exhibition
Padrões do Mundo: ReCreate Exhibition
"Padrões do Mundo" was Carla Lopes’ first solo exhibition, exploring reclaimed advertising banners through geometric panels, pattern, manual construction and material transformation.
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Read more: ReCreate Gardens for Crescer em Casa
ReCreate Gardens for Crescer em Casa
ReCreate Gardens was a community project developed for Crescer em Casa, transforming over 25 m² of reclaimed advertising banners into 200 practical garden pieces for urban cultivation in Lisbon.
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Read more: Inês, The First ReCreate Backpack
Inês, The First ReCreate Backpack
The Inês Backpack was the first backpack developed by ReCreate, created from reclaimed sports-event polyester and designed for lightness, flexibility and everyday use.
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Read more: ReCreate Masks — Weaving, Material & Identity
ReCreate Masks — Weaving, Material & Identity
ReCreate created a series of masks for P.Art.S. and the 14th edition of FIMI, transforming reclaimed advertising banners into expressive objects through weaving, eyelets and rivets.
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ReCreate does not exist only to make pieces. It exists to propose another relationship with material, design and what we choose to bring into everyday life. Objects with presence can also transform the way we live.