by cbaillie | Nov 9, 2010 | argentina, cartoneros, cooperatives, design
Eric was determined that the better market would be the design/art clientele. I decided the local market in San Telmo was our thing. At 35 pesos average price in our survey at the market on Sunday I was satisfied and would need some serious convincing to look...
by teach12 | Nov 4, 2010 | argentina, cartoneros, design, engineering, partners, technology
Despite the clear degradation of the streets since we were last here, this city feels like home to us. We are now welcomed with open arms. We are not even laughed at any more. It is known, accepted, and expected that we would be here. Even though we have been away for...
by ericalee | Nov 3, 2010 | argentina, cooperatives, design, partners, technology
The first few days of our core team’s implementation visit have been incredibly busy, yet rewarding and so far successful. Having secured working keys to our apartment building and a guia (tiny book to help us navigate the labyrinthine Buenos Aires bus system)...
by efeinblatt | Jul 5, 2010 | argentina, cartoneros, design, engineering, partners
The online magazine, eGFI, a publication of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), has just published a story about our collaboration with RISD. Take a look. http://students.egfi-k12.org/waste-for-life-making-trash-useful/
by Charlie Cannon | Feb 8, 2010 | design, partners, technology
Students at RISD have done a significant amount of material investigation many of which are collected in a set on the RISD-Waste4Life Flickr site. And attached are recipes of some of the most salient experiments. RISD-W4L Recipes [flickr-gallery...
by efeinblatt | Sep 23, 2009 | design, partners
Waste for Life and Mut-Architecture won 4th place for the Cartonero BackFlip Chair in the One Good Chair design competition sponsored by The Sustainable Furnishings Council and World Market Center Las Vegas. The contest’s challenge was this: Design an original...
