英闻天下——438 Recycled Products at Design Days Dubai

 　　Designers from all over the world are exhibiting at Design Days Dubai. The exhibition, in its second year, features many designs made from recycled waste and is also inspired from nature. Our reporter Li Dong has the details.

 

　　A 'Tufty' chair that looks like an exotic plant, window shades made of ceramics¹, a sitting room, made entirely² from plastic wire and wool, all these creative designs are on display at the Design Days Dubai exhibition which ends Thursday.

 

　　The show designer Cyril Zammit says they brought together an eclectic mix of designers from all over the world.

 

　　"We are very proud this year to have the largest diversity of design in the entire world, and there are no design fairs in the world who can really claim to do the same thing that we do. It's fresh, it's contemporary and it's extremely diverse - from Melbourne to Mexico. We have designers from Mali in Africa, from Taipei. We have designers from the Middle East, so you can't find a better choice of objects and panel of different objects than here."

 

　　Nature was one of the themes of the show with sculptures showing the beauty and texture³ of wood.

 

　　'White Baskets' is designed by American artist and furniture maker⁴ Christian⁵ Burchard, who highlights wood's natural color and properties.

 

　　'Beyond the Maghreb' is a wall piece made from sheets of wood that are cut when green and left to dry and bleach⁶.

 

　　Designs from recycled products were a major theme at the show.

 

　　Belgian designer Jens Proe, who lives in Tuscany, France, makes cabinets out of recycled paper. He was in the process of making a cabinet out of 12 "Harper's Bazaar⁷" magazines.

 

　　He explains how he came to make the recycled furniture.

 

　　"Offices at the school generated at least one bag of shredded⁸ documents every day. So I thought to myself in this digital world we should actually do something with it. So I did a couple of trials with the intention just to play with the material and when I saw that actually the material got quite sturdy and hard I decided⁹ to create a line of objects with it."

 

　　British designer Alex Groves¹⁰ and Azusa Murakami make lights from beer bottles and chairs from cans. For the show they were making a chair a day from construction waste and camel leather.

 

　　In Dubai, 70 percent of landfill waste is from the construction industry. A chair on display is made from rebars, which are used to reinforce concrete and from marble scraps¹¹, Groves explains.

 

　　"We're really interested in the opportunities that cities present. And in nature there is no such thing as waste but in our civilization there's lots of waste and lots of opportunities for transforming it into desirable things."

 

　　For CRI, I am Li Dong.

1 ceramics   

n.制陶业；陶器

参考例句：

• an exhibition of ceramics by Picasso 毕加索陶瓷作品展
• The ceramics bore the imprint of Luca della Robbia. 陶器上印有卢卡·德拉·罗比亚的字样。

2 entirely   

ad.全部地，完整地；完全地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
• His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。

3 texture   

n.(织物)质地；(材料)构造；结构；肌理

参考例句：

• We could feel the smooth texture of silk.我们能感觉出丝绸的光滑质地。
• Her skin has a fine texture.她的皮肤细腻。

4 maker   

n.制造者，制造商

参考例句：

• He is a trouble maker，You must be distant with him.他是个捣蛋鬼，你不要跟他在一起。
• A cabinet maker must be a master craftsman.家具木工必须是技艺高超的手艺人。

5 Christian   

adj.基督教徒的；n.基督教徒

参考例句：

• They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
• His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。

6 bleach   

vt.使漂白；vi.变白；n.漂白剂

参考例句：

• These products don't bleach the hair.这些产品不会使头发变白。
• Did you bleach this tablecloth?你把这块桌布漂白了吗？

7 bazaar   

n.集市，商店集中区

参考例句：

• Chickens,goats and rabbits were offered for barter at the bazaar.在集市上，鸡、山羊和兔子被摆出来作物物交换之用。
• We bargained for a beautiful rug in the bazaar.我们在集市通过讨价还价买到了一条很漂亮的地毯。

8 shredded   

shred的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• Serve the fish on a bed of shredded lettuce. 先铺一层碎生菜叶，再把鱼放上，就可以上桌了。
• I think Mapo beancurd and shredded meat in chilli sauce are quite special. 我觉得麻婆豆腐和鱼香肉丝味道不错。 来自《简明英汉词典》

9 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

10 groves   

树丛，小树林( grove的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The early sun shone serenely on embrowned groves and still green fields. 朝阳宁静地照耀着已经发黄的树丛和还是一片绿色的田地。
• The trees grew more and more in groves and dotted with old yews. 那里的树木越来越多地长成了一簇簇的小丛林，还点缀着几棵老紫杉树。

11 scraps   

油渣

参考例句：

• Don't litter up the floor with scraps of paper. 不要在地板上乱扔纸屑。
• A patchwork quilt is a good way of using up scraps of material. 做杂拼花布棉被是利用零碎布料的好办法。