WWU students' ReMade products to be sold at Bellingham store

Posted: 4:01pm on Jun 1, 2011

Juniors in Western Washington University's Industrial Design program have completed their annual ReMade projects, with this year's designs featured at the Bellingham store Ideal - Carefully Curated Goods.

ReMade is an annual design challenge for the junior class of Western Washington University's Industrial Design program. Each year students produce innovative products from consumer or manufacturing waste with a trained eye on recyclability, life cycle analysis, and design for production. By doing this, students get a fresh understanding of the designer's impact on the environment and the economy.

This year, 13 students focused on ReMade products that function as vessels or "holders." In a two-week timeframe, students found materials, designed, and manufactured 15 products each. This year's collection includes a magazine holder created from carpet tiles, a basket fashioned from bicycle spokes and rims, and phone cases made from reused painter's drop cloth.

All the products can be purchased at Ideal beginning Friday, June 3 as part of Bellingham's Downtown Art Walk. The public is invited to a reception to meet the designers from 6 p.m. to 9p.m. Ideal is at 1227 Cornwall Ave.

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