Notjustuseless was influenced by the straw-littered streets of Bairro Alto (in Portugal), the project aims to create an environmentally friendly mindset addressing a seemingly trivial, yet troubling phenomenon. The idea is to collect used single-use plastics like plastic straws from consumers at dedicated locations and institutions and let designers create new materials and products from them. The design can returns to the location, offering consumers a chance to see their not-so-useless waste transform into use again or it could receive a completely new function.
NOTJUSTUSELESS works best as a collaboration between designers, institutions and consumers. Through something as simple as for example a straw, the initiative fosters a thoroughly cocreative design process. As an institution you give space to the containers labeled with a QR code and help collect the straws. As a consumer you have a strong impact on how the project progresses. You contribute by using the containers and donating the straws you used. By scanning the QR code you are able to follow the progress of the project throughout. As designers, we make sure that your used straws get a second life. Ideally, our creation can be showcased where all contributors can engage with it again. Together. The results can take many different forms depending on the context of the collaboration and the materials donated.
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Katalin Huszár (Designer)
Made in Hungary. Inspired by Portugal.
Experimental design enthusiast.
True believer of second chances.
