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# Junk Mail Press
- URL: https://www.protein.xyz/junk-mail-press/
- Published: 2014-09-14T11:20:00.000Z
- Updated: 2016-06-16T09:28:37.000Z
- Description: Creating home wares out of a raw material that is delivered daily, for free
- Author: Maks Fus Mickiewicz
- Tags: Seeds, Art & Design, #protein, #Import 2024-06-11 13:25

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[Supercyclers](http://supercyclersarego.blogspot.com.au/?ref=protein.xyz) are an ever-growing collection of international designers focussing on building a sustainable future by transforming perceptions of waste materials. For the [London Design Festival](http://www.londondesignfestival.com/?ref=protein.xyz), Sydney based Supercycler [Andrew Simpson](http://andrewsimpson.net/?ref=protein.xyz), creative director of design studio [Vert](http://www.vertdesign.com.au/?ref=protein.xyz), has developed a way to up-cycle junk mail.   
  
The Junk Mail Press salvages a waste material in abundance. Cellulose is a raw material that is delivered daily - for free - in the form of unwanted post. Rather than adopting the usual unproductive approach to disposal (binning/shredding/recycling), Simpson has created a press, sand cast in aluminium with interchangeable moulds, that can make a range of bowls, plates, lunch-boxes, lamp- shades and cups. To make the objects Simpson creates a pulp from the junk mail, mixes it with water, and then compresses the mixture using the aluminium press.   
  
It’s reassuring to see a growing number of designers developing conscientious and sustainable practices. We recently interviewed [Ariane Prin](https://www.prote.in/en/profiles/ariane-prin?ref=protein.xyz), who, for her graduate project at the RCA in London*,* built a device that made pencils out of waste harvested from the college’s own skips and rubbish bins.

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