Upcycling Philosophy

At its core, upcycling is about making new, highly individual products from used materials. Art that can be worn is created here. The mix and combination of materials and components that usually neither fit nor belong together creates unprecedented material structures (textile manipulation) and design objects.

In addition to upgraded second-hand fashion, everything that is no longer loved, can be repurposed, used or modified. Objects and materials from household, the automotive sector and garages, from nature, from carnival boxes and children's rooms, from attics and cellars, from antique markets or construction site scrap. Fabrics, leather and fur from offcuts are lovingly sought out and saved from the waste.

It is a sustainable trend and ultimately resource orientation is playing an increasingly important role in public perception.
The so-called Earth Overshoot Day gives a concrete answer to how useful upcycling is: after just a few weeks of the year, all resources are used up. From spring onwards, humanity is living on credit.
Recycling companies simply do not have a use for everything. Treasures, or things that would like to become treasures, end up in the waste incineration plant. Given the fact that there are many limited resources on this planet, upcycling is setting the course for a sustainable value chain.

Elaborate designs and visible individuality as an alternative to cheap products from mass production. Making textile finishing sustainable is one of the biggest challenges on the way to environmentally friendly fashion. The chemical processes in this industry cause some of the greatest water pollution and water consumption is huge.

Hand-painted works of art that you lovingly collect, instead of mountains of bleached and dyed junk that are quickly thrown away and replaced. You want less off-the-shelf stuff and want to get away from run-of-the-mill. A variety of unusual ideas and ingenuity inspire cool types of people.