Industrial Design program's annual ReMade project debuts May 17 at Ideal in downtown Bellingham
Western's Industrial Design program will once again partner with Ideal, a local design shop, to present “ReMade: Celebration,” an annual project by Professor of Engineering & Design Arūnas Ošlapas and his students to create new items from discarded materials
Opening night for this year's ReMade project is Friday, May 17, from 6-9 p.m. at Ideal, at 1227 Cornwall Ave. in downtown Bellingham.
This year’s theme, "Celebration," features 13 unique products that revere the human experience and enrich daily needs with a touch of festivity. The goal is to transform items of industrial and consumer waste into viable commercial products.
Students start with various materials, from which ideas are generated and refined into a final design. Then, production begins; students are tasked with manufacturing a collection of pieces. Subsequently, they are put on display and sold at Ideal in downtown Bellingham.
The 2024 collection includes items (pictured) such as ‘Bud’ vases made from discarded bottles and scrap wood by Anika Martinet; ‘Patch’ placemats made from fabric sample books by Marta Aznar Trénor; ‘Prisma’ pendant lights made from vintage glassware by Terra Sullivan; ‘Recut’ turntables made from quartz countertop offcuts by Griffin Downey; ‘Weft’ multi-use mats made from landfill-bound textiles by Eli Braverman, and ‘AL’ versatile desk vessels made from discarded aluminum pipe and champagne corks by Arthur Hamilton.
For more information about the ReMade project, contact Arūnas Ošlapas at arunas.oslapas@wwu.edu.





