Serving the Jordanian Community through Designing with waste materials (UOP. Design student’s up cycling projects as case study)

Abstract

This paper was written to address the use of waste materials in the recreation of practical upcycle furniture. And Up cycling has been implemented as one of the methods of environmental protection by making useful items from waste and recycled resources in Jordan. This paper will concentrate on UOP design students, the Faculty of Architecture and Design. Focused to find the ideal use of up-cycle material that could play a role in developing solutions for interesting and interactive furniture design by incorporating a good function into it. The basic purpose of this paper is therefore to give students the opportunity to design items with a potential for widespread social, environmental and economic benefits, and to enhance public understanding of the issues of up-cycle furniture and re-use materials, and then to direct students who wish to explore the issues of recycling and re-use within their own context. This study was focused on the experimental method and using a descriptive theoretical methodology, the University of Petra Students in two departments (38 students in interior design and 18 students in graphic design) collaborated with instructors to create new works based on waste materials) in three experiments (2011 first and second semesters in interior design and 2016 second semesters in graphic design). The students used fourteen samples from all three studies, from new materials, principles, ideas and works of art that could be used by the Jordanian Community through waste materials design or to create dialogue on the appropriation of images and artefacts for transformational purposes. There are 14 examples selected to define and evaluate. All the challenges and factors to be considered in the design of up-cycled materials that can be implemented to make better and more productive use of them, especially in interior spaces. Environmental problems in design are also listed as part of the interpretation of the importance of this report.