{"product_id":"9783959051729","title":"Pure Gold: Upcycled! Upgraded!","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe processes of global industrialization and mounting consumerism produce so much refuse on a daily basis that recycling and upcycling have become hot topics of vital global importance. Waste, a seemingly inexhaustible resource, has become a new kind of raw material for production. Designers are beginning to take a different view of the “useless” things that people discard: bulky waste, rubbish, cheap materials—in the right hands, these become pure gold. \u003ci\u003ePure Gold: Upcycled! Upgraded!\u003c\/i\u003e explores the subject of recycling in design and presents ideas for using refuse to create valuable products.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWorking with seven curators from Europe, Latin America, North Africa and the Middle East, East Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia and South East Asia, \u003ci\u003ePure Gold\u003c\/i\u003e brings together 53 designers and approximately 75 of their objects to explore value creation from garbage and scrap materials in European and non-European contexts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Red Window Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47059881885936,"sku":"9783959051729","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9783959051729_p0.jpg?v=1769888794","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9783959051729","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}