Day 2 Public Engagement (Friday 12th April 2024, 5pm-9pm) at LCB Depot (31 Rutland Street, Leicester LE1 1RE), UK

Free, drop-in event for anyone, everyone

Space 1: Courtyard 

• Section 1: 17.00-18.00: “Sodafly Workshop (Bring your own soda can)” (practical workshop) by Kevin Cheung
• Section 1: 18.30-19.30: “Sodafly Workshop (Bring your own soda can)” (repeat practical workshop) by Kevin Cheung 
• Section 2: 17.00-18.00: “Re: working your wardrobe” (practical workshop) by Emmeline Child
• Section 2: 18.00-20.00: “Upcycling Everyday Items into New Possibilities: Making and using T-shirt Yarn” (practical workshop) by Eunsuk Hur and Julia Roebuck

Space 2: Old gallery 

• 17.00-21.00: “Upcycling lampshades with waste fabric and trims to create a giant chandelier installation” (practical workshop) by Sally Gaukrodger-Cowan and Buddy Penford   
• 18.00-18.30: “For the love of creating” (speech) by Sally Gaukrodger-Cowan and Buddy Penford 

Space 3: Garden room 

• 17.00-21.00: “A second life for waste packages: a workshop towards creating up-cycling conceptual proposals for package waste to promote environmental sustainability” (practical workshop) by Ginn Bonsu Assibey, Alettia V. Chisin and Ralitsa Diana Debrah 

Space 4: Courtyard room (talks and presentations 1) chaired by Patrick Isherwood

• 17.00-17.30: “How Digital Design Shapes Our Sustainable Future” by Lovish Bandwal and Yagnesh Gohil 
• 17.30-18.00: “Beyond the usual: Introducing green business tool (GBT)” by Amal Abuzeinab
• 18.00-19.00: “Upcycling and its potential to advance societal sustainability agenda” by Jagdeep Singh
• 19.00-20.00: “Reclaim Your Style: The Allure of Salvaged Wood Interiors” by Leonid Krykhtin
• 20.30-21.00: “Using indigo soy paste resist and indigo dye with shibori to up-cycle fabrics and enhance student well-being through reflective practice” by Elizabeth Burton and Lucinda Holbrook-Hase

Space 5: Cafe

• 17.00-18.00: “How to start upcycling in residential light systems” (practical workshop) by Hamilton Ortiz
• 17.00-21.00: “DMU Art and Design networking” (casual socialising)  

Space 6: Print room 

• 17.00-18.30: “UpShift: Innovate & Transform with the Upcycling Behaviour Intervention Toolkit” (workshop) by C. Ashwathy Satheesan  
• 18.30-19.30: “Seams of Tradition: Korean Jogakbo Upcycling” (practical workshop) by Hye-Won Lim

Space 7: Reception 

• 17.00-18.30: “Upcycling Startup Lab: From Idea to Viable Enterprise” (workshop) by Patrick Pearce
• 18.30-21.00: “AfriKraft: Transforming Treasures – An Up-cycling interactive conversation and workshop inspired by Afrikan Knowledge” (workshop) by Ralitsa Diana Debrah, Richie Maolosi, Yaone Rapitsenyane, Kevin Kimwele, Ginn Bonsu Assibey, Catherine Fortune and Irene M  

Space 8: Gallery (talks and presentations 2) chaired by Richie Moalosi 

• 17.00-18.00: “Survivors of the future, a collaborative collection by Turtlehorn & BCU Fashion Design students” by Elizabeth Burton, Maria Voth Velasco, Abbie Walton and Emily Brookes
• 18.00-19.00: “Fashion out of sync – how to reimagine fashion practice through the lens of systems thinking” by Sabine Lettmann
• 19.00-20.00: “New Geographies of (Re)making” by Katherine Soucie
• 20.00-20.30: “Designing with waste, rebuilding a community” by Kevin Cheung

Exhibition (most in Orange box and Reception – Space 7)

Exhibition details on a separate page