August 26, 2014 - News : Past event

Fab Lab London & RSA Innovation Hub Launch: 19 September, 12-5pm
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We're delighted to announce the launch of the Great Recovery's new physical home at Fab Lab London. To celebrate, we are hosting a launch event in collaboration with Fab Lab London and the RSA. Register here for your free ticket and to find out more.
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August 19, 2014 - News : Past event

Putting the circular economy into action with ‘haute-design’ refurbished upholstered chairs, 15-19 September, V&A
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A ‘live’ installation by Ella Doran, Galapagos Designs, The Great Recovery Project (RSA), built from several upholstered chairs that are deconstructed and refurbished in the V&A Design Studio, accompanied by a talk in room SR3 on 17th Sept at 16.00 - 17.45. More information here.

August 19, 2014 - News : Past event

Putting the circular economy into action: 17 September, 4-5.30, V&A
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Ella Doran, Galapagos Designs and The Great Recovery Project talk about their approach to and insights from their collaborative ‘live’ installation of deconstructed and refurbished upholstered chairs that is set up in V&A's Gallery 99 throughout the LDF.
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April 14, 2014 - Resources : Blog

The Great Recovery at Resource
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We were thrilled by the reception we received at the Resource show last month. Having managed to bag ourselves a front-of-house space, an incredible number of visitors came by to tell us how much they loved the stand, how useful they found our colourful diagrams, and how much...
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December 2, 2013 - News : Past event

Resource, 4-6 March 2014, ExCeL, London
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Resource is the first conference and exhibition that connects the whole supply chain – extraction, design, recycling, manufacturing, retail and resource recovery - to capitalise on the commercial opportunities of a circular economy.
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October 23, 2013 - Resources : Blog Past event

Finding out what Makers really want
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Nat Hunter, Co-Director of Design at the RSA and one of the founders of the Great Recovery project, introduces us to the new RSA Design project around Making.
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October 7, 2013 - News : Past event

DESIGNING, MAKING AND RE-MAKING: October 16, Design Museum, London
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How can we design with the end-of-life and closed-loop principles of the circular economy? Hear from design, materials and end of life experts all you need to know about how to designing for the circular economy, its pitfalls and potential.

September 4, 2013 - News : Past event

Great Recovery & RSA Design @ London Design Festival 2013
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The RSA Design Team is delighted to share with you our varied and exciting events programme for London Design Festival 2013.
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August 12, 2013 - Resources : Blog

The Circular Economy goes to school
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Hilary from the Great Recovery team spends the day at St Johns school in Marlborough, taking a teardown to a new audience. The spudgers were out and all over the room mobile phones were being prised, prodded and pulled to bits. 50 heads were bent over in concentration. The...
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