Š2012 SECONFLIFE Museum of Creative Reuse Editorial coordination editor: Chelsea Liu, Joy Zhu, Sue Yan, Patchara Charoensiri Text: Chelsea Liu, Joy Zhu, Sue Yan, Patchara Charoensiri Type setting and text editing: Chelsea Liu, Joy Zhu, Sue Yan, Patchara Charoensiri Graphic design and layout: Chelsea Liu, Joy Zhu, Sue Yan, Patchara Charoensiri ISBN 897-2-9876-3675-5 Printed in San Francisco, USA
—Clement of Alexandria
We do not throw away those things which can benefit for our neighbor. Goods are called good because they are instruments for good, in the hands of those who use them properly.
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>> Introduction of The Secondlife Museum The Secondlife Museum of Creative Reuse encourages people to save earth’s resources by creatively repurposing their discarded stuff. Compared to recycling, repurposing is more eco-friendly as no industrial production is needed and everyone can enjoy themselves in the process. People take their discarded things to our orange bins in their community. They come to our workshop and make products under the guidance. Good works would be showcased in the gallery so visitors would get inspired or even buy those repurposed products in our museum gift shop. We choose orange as our identity color because it is the color of a rising sun, representing a new life of the repurposed objects.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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WHY A SECONDLIFE MUSEUM? · Introduction · The problem · An orange lifestyle
ORANGE, THE COLOR OF REUSE · Orange trucks and bins · The orange map · Orange Apps
WAREHOUSE AND WORKSHOP · Warehouse and workshop · Become a member · Workshop Apps
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IDENTITY SYSTEM · Logo design · Type system · Tickets
· Stationery · Signage system · Our products
ORANGE SPACE · Posters · Banners and billboards · Website
MEDIA · Exterior design · The workshop
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>> Everyday We Are Creating Trash In 2011, the average amount of waste generated by each person in America per day was 4.5 pounds. 60% of it could be recycled, but only 13% was actually recycled. 4 pounds, including yard waste, was sent to composting.
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>> Compare Recycling to Reusing Recycling differs from reuse in that it breaks down the item into raw materials which are then used to make new items, as opposed to reusing the intact item. As this extra processing requires energy, as a rule of thumb reuse is environmentally preferable to recycling (“reduce, reuse, recycle”), though recycling does have a significant part to play as it can often make use of items which are broken, worn out or otherwise unsuitable for reuse. —Graham Searjeant “Recession fails to subdue Sainsbury”.
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>> After WW2
>> 1970
In recent years, focus on the environment has become
The United States later responded in 1970 with the
a huge issue for businesses. Ideas on conservation and
creation of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),
the introduction of the 3R’s came in the aftermath of
with the intent to monitor environmental activity.
World War II. Shortages in materials lead to the traceable
Several environmental Acts have been created and
beginnings of the “reduce, reuse, recycle” concept
implemented by the EPA; the most notable being
still utilized today. The initial implementation was intended
the Clean Air Act in 1970, the Clean Water Act in 1972,
to help companies stay afloat in hard times when
and the Pollution Prevention Act of 1990 which focused
resources were limited. After World War II, the concept
on “industry, government, and public attention on
of the 3R’s grew in popularity as other countries began
reducing the amount of pollution through cost-effective
shifting towards policies related to the environment.
changes in production, operation, and raw materials use”
FROM RECYCLE TO REUSE
>> Compare Recycling to Reusing People have been talking about “eco-friendly” products for more than 50 years. However, as the earth’s resources are becoming increasingly limited, it is the responsibility of every one of us to live more sustainably. Most people know this is important, but they are still not as engaged as they could be. Repurposing disposed stuff is a very eco-friendly way to get involved and enjoy the process at the same time.
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>> 1990
>> 2012
>> 2030
Only in recent years have the economic benefits of the
Designers have been starting to use recycled materials
The orange trucks have been driving around cities for
3R’s been addressed by organizations. The largest
to create artworks. The second life museum will take
decade years. By the year 2030,They have collected
obstacle to increased use of recycling has been the recent
that advantage to educate people to make their own
recession. Complications are immense to recycling
artwork. The museum provides workshops to encourage
programs because attention is focused elsewhere in the
people using free recycled materials to make creative
current economic downturn. There are many economic
designs. It also invite designers to lecture people how
benefits to recycling that can raise motivation including
to use recycled materals to create beautiful objects. The
pay-as-you-throw programs, discounts on waste
more people join in, the more materials would be saved.
disposal bills, as well as money saved on lowered energy
All of the materials are donated by companies, local
consumption and resource conservation. Reducing
organizations, and individulas. And also, the museum
and reusing can save money on consumption, which
provides orange trucks to drive around cities to collect
createseco-nomic incentives, as well as competitive
useful wasted materials.
tons and tons useful materials from trash bins. The museum members have raised up to three hundred millions now. They has created a lot of designs and displayed in the museum. The members are not only doing the design, but also teaching other people to same resources from their trash cans. Resources: http://www.learncom.com/pdf/VL6811_ILN.pdf http://www.epa.gov/gmpo/edresources/rrr.html http://parkibschool.schools.officelive.com/recycle.aspx
advantages for companies.
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The Secondlife Museum of Creative Reuse is introducing a new system for saving the earth’s resources. People take their disposed objects to the bins or dumpsters in their community. We dispatch vans to those spots, pick up the objects and send them to the warehouse. Visitors come to our museum gallery to get inspired, pick up materials from the warehouse and make their own products in the workshop. Works from professional designers can be brought from the museum’s gift shop.
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ORANGE, THE COLOR OF REUSE 路 Orange trucks and bins 路 The orange map 路 Orange Apps
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ORANGE TRUCKS AND BINS
We’ve already had colorful trash bins—blue ones for recycling, green ones for compost and black ones for trash. Now orange is the new color of bins and dumpsters for the purpose of reuse.
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Second Life Museum of Creative Reuse 021 Haight st, San Francisco, CA 94117 The Orange Trash Bin 1000 for all communities The Orange Dumpster 50 total, 5 for each neigbhood
THE ORANGE MAP
>> Urban orange system We place thousands of trash bins and dumpsters in the city where citizens can put the stuff they no longer need. Every single day, our orange trucks take the objects to our museum’s warehouse for creative reuse.
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Brief introduction about the
The Orange Map that can
Take a snapshop of the object
museum, the workshop and
easily locate the place of the
and upload it, and see who can
how we work
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turn it into something useful
>> A Network of Sharing The Orange Apps provide citizens with a platform for sharing and getting connected. You can take a snapshot of the thing you don’t need and type in some basic information, including the description of product and its location. By simply browsing those objects posted by other people, one can conceive of an idea before heading to the workshop.
ORANGE LINE SCHEDULE
No. 121 OrangeTrash Bin Address: 1202 Haight st Time: Mon-Fri 08:00 am, 04:00 pm Sat 12:00 pm
>>>> About Us Second Life Museum of Cr eative Reuse
uploading to second life donation datebase.....
is aiming to encourage people to save the earth resources by repurposing their disposed stuff with creativity and color . We want our earth to benefit our next generation as it benefits us so we’ve been talking about the eco-friendly life style for many years.
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03 WAREHOUSE AND WORKSHOP 路 Warehouse and workshop 路 Become a member 路 Workshop Apps
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Instructor Lori Brown is giving a class on electricity.
>>Let us help your creativity! After seeing all the wonderful ideas in the museum gallery, you would probably like to get some work done yourself. In our workshop, we provide tools for realizing your own ideas. First you talk to our instructor about the thing that you want to make, then pick out all the materials that you’ll need in the warehouse. It A member is cutting a piece of iron in the metal processing machine.
is a membership-based workshop that provides members with access to tools and equipment, instruction, and a community of creative and supportive people, so you can build the things you have always wanted to make.
A member is getting help from the instructor when cutting a big metal piece.
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free admission for exhibition 10% discount in gift shop Membership Card General card
museum weekly free subscription speical programs admission members’ party admission
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Join our workshop on your Ipad so you can watch and learn the process of creative reuse
>>Instructive Videos Want to learn the techniques? Just go to our video site which features hundreds of instructive videos.
Enjoy videos hosted by many creative designers
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04 IDENTITY SYSTEM
· Logo design · Type system · Tickets · Stationery · Signage system · Our products
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>> Why Did We Choose Orange? Orange combines the energy of red and the happiness of yellow. It is associated with joy and sunshine. Orange also represents fascination, enthusiasm, stimulation and creativity. On the other hand, orange has very high visibility, and we want to catch people’s attention to repurposing and highlight the most important goals of the museum. Moreover, the rising sun is the inspiration for our logo design. Just as the sun rises everyday to nurture life, we bring a second life to those discarded objects.
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>> Tickets Tickets are made from recycled paper and would be recycled again after use.
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Ticket Student Admission fee $ 5. 00
Ticket Senoir Admission fee $ 5. 00
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>> Stationary System We make silhouettes of the working tools as our identity pattern.
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>> Signage System Signage boards are made of recycled woodboards and information is burned on them.
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>> T-shirts and Accessories Visitors can buy T-shirts and other accessories from our gift shop. Our s t a ff ’s u n i f o r m d e s i g n a lso demonstrates the idea of reuse.
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>> The space of our museum Our museum uses rental storage as the display and workshop space. The west and north elevation views show how the museum looks. Each storage room displays one or two objects that are made from the same materials. Solar panels are installed on the top of each building and face the south to collect and save energy cost.
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>> The workshop The workshop space combines two storage rooms of 12’x12’. Plywood is applied on shelves, tables, chairs, and floorings. Plastic boxes for collecting different materials are placed on the wood shelves. Lighting fixtures are made from recycled beer bottles. The big window on the left side of the room allows sunlight in during the day.
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路 Posters 路 Banners and billboards 路 Website 路 Brochure
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>> Posters and Invitation Prints We print our invitations and posters on used newpaper through the technique of silkscreen, so new material is needed in the process.
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>>>> Enter
Website homepage Visitors can check all the
>> The website
infomation about our museum
The museum’s website provides all the information
from the website. It is also linked to the Orange Apps.
about the museum, the workshop, and how the whole reuse system works in the city.
EVENTS
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May 24th 201 2 San Francisc o Designer: Patr cher Le e
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$ 1,190
Designer: Alde Brown Time: 2005 Country: France
Corporate Identity Color : We choose orange as the color to speak for us because orange combines the energy of red and the happiness of yellow, associates with joy and sunshine, which corresponds to our museum’ s emphasis on the enjoyable process of repurposing disposed stuff. Orange represents fascination, happiness,
COMING EXHIBITION
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creativity, encouragement and stimulation. Orange is ver y effective for promoting creative idea s . Corporate Identity Color : We choose orange as the color to speak for us because orange
May 24th 201 2 San Francisc o Designer: Patr cher Le e Street Worksho p
Using Boxes
combines the energy of red and the happiness of yellow, associates with joy and sunshine, which corresponds to our museum’ s emphasis on the enjoyable process of repurposing disposed stuff. Orange represents fascination, happiness,
Corporate Identity Color: We choose orange as
creativity, encouragement and stimulation. Orange
the color to speak for us because orange
is ver y effective for promoting creative idea s .
combines the energy of red and the happiness of yellow, associates with joy and sunshine, which corresponds to our museum ’s emphasis on the enjoyable process of repurposing disposed stuff. Orange represents fascination, happiness, creativity, encouragement and stimulation. Orange is ver y effective for promoting creative idea s .
July 30th 201 2 New York Designer: Okes Br own Street Worksho p
Online shopping We sell the creative items on the website. Part of the profits goes to organizations engaing in environmental protections.
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>> The Brochure The brochure explains our concept to the visitors and how the orange system works. Also, there are some instructive articles and pictures in it, teaching people how to make items by themselves.
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In the long term, economic sustainability depends on ecological sustainability. The secondlife museum will be the one making a better city. More eco. More green.
—Secondlife Museum
COLLABORATOR
ACADEMY OF ART UNIVERSITY
PANTONE
http://www.academyart.edu/
http://www.pantone.com/pages/pantone/index.aspx
SCRAP
THE FREECYCLE NETWORK
http://www.scrap-sf.org
http://www.freecycle.org/
INHABITAT
GLOBAL NETTWORK
http://inhabitat.com/
http://www.o2.org/index.php
THE LIVING PRINCIPLES
CRAIGSLIST
CHANGE OBSERVER
http://www.livingprinciples.org/
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/
http://changeobserver.com/
STOP GLOBAL WARMING
EAST BAY DEPOT FOR CREATIVE REUSE
DESIGN FOR REPURPOSING
http://www.stopglobalwarming.org/
http://www.pantone.com/pages/pantone/index.aspx
http://www.designforrepurposing.com/
TREND WATCHING
ARDENT GREEN LIVING
RESOURCE SOLUTIONS
http://trendwatching.com/trends/ecoiconic.htm
http://ardentgreenliving.com/
http://www.resource-solutions.org/index.php