This Thursday, 6PM in the RISD Chace Center will be the closing reception, award announcement and panel discussion for the It's In the Bag competition.
With guest judges:
Mariana Amatullo::
Founder + Director, Designmatters at Art Center College of Design
Julie Lasky::
Editor, Change Observer
Seth Goldenberg::
RISD Alumnus + founding creative director IP.21 studio
Lynne McCormack::
RISD Alumna, + director of Office of Art & Culture, City of Providence
Check out the latest here!
With guest judges:
Mariana Amatullo::
Founder + Director, Designmatters at Art Center College of Design
Julie Lasky::
Editor, Change Observer
Seth Goldenberg::
RISD Alumnus + founding creative director IP.21 studio
Lynne McCormack::
RISD Alumna, + director of Office of Art & Culture, City of Providence
Check out the latest here!
EVENTS
Thursday MAY 6:
RECEPTION, AWARDS
+ PANEL DISCUSSION
6 PM RISD Chace Center (20 N.Main Street)
Its in the Bag is an open design competition to explore how plastic shopping bags can be reused, remanufactured or recycled, rather than finding their way into landfills. Students from any department and any division, working in teams or individually are invited to submit proposals.
Problem Statement
Around the world nearly 1 billion plastic shopping bags are given out each day. While many are used more than once, few are recycled. Its in the Bag invites the re-imagination of the plastic bag, not as a disposable item, but a raw material for new uses.
The competition is inspired by the efforts of cartonero (or trash picking collectives) in Buenos Aires who make their living collecting garbage and recyclables but who are not paid for bags. For details and inspiration see this resources page
Design Brief
Make something new and inventive out of plastic bags. You may manipulate the bags any way you wish - cut, mash, weave, press. Your final product may be an object or an environment.
Criteria
There are two categories for entries: ?open? and ?cartonero.? Submissions in the open category will be judged for their creative reuse of the plastic bag and the level of formal invention in the resulting product. Cartonero submissions will also be evaluated for their potential usability by cartonero collectives in Buenos Aires.
Prize
Finalists form the 'Open" category will be included ina private gallery show in Providence. Finalists for the Carteneros category will receive a tour of and consultation by Terracycle. CASH prize to the winner of each category.
Jury
Entries will be evaluated by a jury of designers and social entrepreneurs. Judges are being finalized for the It?s In the Bag competition. So far we have Mariana Amatullo, Vice President and Director of Designmatters Department and Julie Lasky, the editor of Change Observer. Read a little more about them here
Thursday MAY 6:
RECEPTION, AWARDS
+ PANEL DISCUSSION
6 PM RISD Chace Center (20 N.Main Street)
Its in the Bag is an open design competition to explore how plastic shopping bags can be reused, remanufactured or recycled, rather than finding their way into landfills. Students from any department and any division, working in teams or individually are invited to submit proposals.
Problem Statement
Around the world nearly 1 billion plastic shopping bags are given out each day. While many are used more than once, few are recycled. Its in the Bag invites the re-imagination of the plastic bag, not as a disposable item, but a raw material for new uses.
The competition is inspired by the efforts of cartonero (or trash picking collectives) in Buenos Aires who make their living collecting garbage and recyclables but who are not paid for bags. For details and inspiration see this resources page
Design Brief
Make something new and inventive out of plastic bags. You may manipulate the bags any way you wish - cut, mash, weave, press. Your final product may be an object or an environment.
Criteria
There are two categories for entries: ?open? and ?cartonero.? Submissions in the open category will be judged for their creative reuse of the plastic bag and the level of formal invention in the resulting product. Cartonero submissions will also be evaluated for their potential usability by cartonero collectives in Buenos Aires.
Prize
Finalists form the 'Open" category will be included ina private gallery show in Providence. Finalists for the Carteneros category will receive a tour of and consultation by Terracycle. CASH prize to the winner of each category.
Jury
Entries will be evaluated by a jury of designers and social entrepreneurs. Judges are being finalized for the It?s In the Bag competition. So far we have Mariana Amatullo, Vice President and Director of Designmatters Department and Julie Lasky, the editor of Change Observer. Read a little more about them here