Upcycling Research

Kyungeun Sung is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Art, Design and Architecture at De Montfort University, UK. Her research addresses design and sustainability focusing on upcycling. She edited State-of-the-Art Upcycling Research and Practice. She is currently a Principal Investigator of the AHRC-funded International Upcycling Research Network.Richie Moalosi is a Professor of Industrial Design in the Department of Industrial Design and Technology at the University of Botswana, Botswana. His research areas include design and sustainability, social innovation, culture, design education, and additive manufacturing. He is a Co-Investigator of the AHRC-funded International Upcycling Research Network.

• List of Figures List of Tables List of Contributors Preface Foreword, Tracy BhamraAcknowledgements List of Abbreviations 1. Upcycling Research with Global Perspectives on Fashion, Products, the Built Environment, Community and Education, Kyungeun Sung & Richie Moalosi PART I: FASHION AND TEXTILES 2. Emotional Design for Fashion Upcycling, Yufei Hu, Pammi Sinha and Eunsuk Hur 3. Kenyan Fashion Designers' Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Upcycling, Sophia N. Njeru and Richie Moalosi4. Stitched Refugee Stories: Using Stitching and Upcycling to Convert Children's Experiences into Empowerment, Chanjuan Chen and Trina Harlow5. Exploring Upcycling Practices in the Fashion Sector: A Case of Harare, Edlight Mutungwe, Walter Chipambwa and Lucia Sithole6. FABIO - Making Jeans Sustainwearable, Pranoti Sonawane, Lovish Bandwal and Yagnesh Gohil PART II: ENGINEERING AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT 7. Upcycling Carbon-Fibre Reinforced Polymer Matrix Composites: An Engineering Management Perspective, Abhishek Tiwary and Dazel Empe8. Circular Economy Solutions for Solar Photovoltaic Panels: Review and Future Research for UK Scholars, Kyungeun Sung, Yi Zhong and Patrick Isherwood 9. Integrating Upcycling into Urban Infrastructure and Built Environment Design: A Strategic Approach to Waste Reduction and Resource Conservation, Nnyaladzi Tema and Benjamin Bolaane 10. Unlocking the Value from Coffee Waste: A Case Study of Sustainable Practices of a Colombian Coffee Farm, Claudia García FlórezPART III: DESIGN AND BUSINESS 11. Scaling Up Upcycling: A Comparative Analysis of Furniture, Lighting and Bags Made Through Repurposing, Patrick Pearce, Martin Racine, Isabel Ordóñez and Alice Jarry12. Key Challenges and Success Factors for Scaling Up Upcycling Businesses Across Industries and Countries, Kyungeun Sung, Amal Abuzeinab and Richie Moalosi13. Designing with Waste in Hong Kong, Kevin Cheung and Kyungeun Sung 14. Organic Waste Upcycling for Materials Design: A New Framework Proposal Based on Food Waste, Luca Alessandrini, Valentina Rognoli and Karen Marie Hasling PART IV: PEOPLE AND COMMUNITY 15. Upcycling Throw-Away People: Lessons from Upcycling Research, Joon Sang Baek and Kyungeun Sung16. Exploring Successful Cases of Community Participation in Waste Management and Upcycling in Thailand, Montida Lertnimanoradee, Busayawan Lam and Eujin Pei 17. Sucata Quântica: Local Reuse Actions in São Paulo, Brazil, Hamilton Ortiz18. Community Empowerment Through Upcycling Pre-Consumer Waste Material, Walter Chipambwa, Edlight Mutungwe and Chipo Chuma PART V: DESIGN EDUCATION 19. Incorporating Upcycling into the Industrial Design Program: The Case of the University of Botswana, Richie Moalosi, Polokano Sekonopo, Yaone Rapitsenyane and Paulson Letsholo 20. New Product Development for Upcycling and Circular Economy Focusing on Everyday Electronic Products, Kyungeun Sung, Joseph Shade, Thomas Wylam, Tony Lorance, Mik Pieniazek and Abhishek Tiwary21. Common Waste Upcycling for Product Design as Extracurricular Activities in Design Education, Kyungeun Sung, Millie Rees, Theodore Sloos, Richie Moalosi, Yaone Rapitsenyane and Anneloes Roelandschap22. Integrating Upcycling in the Industrial Design Programme as an Alternative Approach to Mitigate Environmental Challenges in Botswana, Thatayaone Mosepedi and Gerald Kennedy23. Conclusion: Opportunities and Action Needed, Richie Moalosi and Kyungeun SungIndex

Timely and ambitious, this important volume brings the theory and practice of upcycling to the forefront of cutting-edge sustainability discourse. Its rich tapestry of international case studies provides practitioners, students, and researchers from across the creative industries with real-world examples which will inspire further impactful, upcycling action.