“Upcycling” is the practice of re-using unwanted items intended for the trash heap for new or different purposes. It’s not just about giving worn out, old sweaters a new life as mittens, or turning ...

As weaving skills are evaporating in Finland, so is the ability to design rag rugs.

Re Rag Rug is an experimental design and crafts project initiated in August 2012 by designers Katarina Brieditis and Katarina Evans in Stockholm, Sweden. Their goal is to develop one unique rag rug ...

All material is good material, if you find the right use for it. Studio Brieditis & Evans challenges our notion of waste in Re Rag Rug, a design project that brings new life to materials considered ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The rag rag is unique for being ubiquitous. From the High Atlas Mountains to the Scandinavian archipelagos, ...

Katarina Evans: "In 2003, we were working on a project called Do Redo, where we made accessories out of woollen sweaters. This was a travelling exhibition; we published a book and we held workshops ...