Upcycling Logo

Update 3-16-11 

Hi I would love to have your opinion. 

If you are looking for upcycling logos I have created a few different versions which are posted on my other blog here.  I would really appreciate your thoughts.  If you have a minute please vote for your favorite in the comments section. Also...

 

 These logos may be used for school projects, events and promotional material for upcycling.  Please credit this site and or Upcycled Design Lab when using these logos on any printed material.  For internet use always link images back to this post. Please do not alter or use these designs as any part of a company logo. 

 

Thank you.

 

Thanks and regards

Cindy

Original post:

I have recently become addicted to the whole upcycling movement.  I confess that I am not the best recycler but the idea of taking something that is about the become garbage and making it into something that is worth keeping gets my creative juices flowing.  I was even part of it back in the early 80's before it had a name.  I made my Prom dress from fabric that was torn off of the sets of a summer theatre production of Mame.  There we were ripping this pretty fabric off the sets so that they could be painted and reused for the next production and I thought what a waste.  For some reason I blurted out  that I was going to keep the fabric to make my prom dress (never mind that I didn't at this point have a date.)

Fast forward to 2009 where the economic future is being painted as rather dismal, what better time to make more from less.  If you already enjoy upcylcing and or crafting you have probably already been to Etsy.  If you haven't see this sight give it a look.  It is a forum for buying and selling hand made items (some of them are really great upcycled items like this beautiful clutch you would never know it is made from fused plastic bags.) 

Credit for the term "Upcycling" has been given to William Mcdonaugh and Michael Braugart from a book they wrote on ecologically intelligent design called Cradle to Cradle published in 2002, but the origins of upcycling no doubt date all the way back to the caveman when the big thigh bone left over from dinner became a weapon and a hammer. 

So now we even have a name for this process of making trash into treasure, but a quick Google image search provides no universal logo for the new movement.  Everyone knows what the recycling logo looks like so I decided to upcycle it into an upcycling logo.  Here is what I came up with:

From this:                                                    To this:

 

It may not bring me fortune or fame but there it is anyway.

And for anyone who is curious.  Me in my prom dress in 1982.

 

Comments

[Cindy Fortin]

Hi Jennie,

You are welcome to use the logo. Thank you for checking out my blog.

[Jennie]

Hello, i was wondering if i could use your logo for my coursework?

[Cindy]

Hi Jordan & Bethany, I am glad that you like the logo. I am happy to let you use it for your projects but I would ask that it not be used as any part of a business logo as I use it for one of my businesses. Thanks Cindy

[bethany lowery]

hello,
i would just like to know if i could use one of our pitures for my controlled assessment in my logo.could you let me know as soon as possible please
thank you
from bethany

[Jordan Cottnam]

Hello my name is jordan cottnam i am in an ict controlled assesment and I was wondering if I could use your brilliant upcycling design
thank you
jordan

[Cindy]

Hi Helen,
Thanks for checking out my blog. I don't know what an ict CAB is but please feel free to use the logo.
Cindy

[Helen]

Hi. I'm doing an ict CAB on Upcycling and was wondering if i could use this logo as an example of real life Upcycling compaigns? It would help a lot if i could get your permission to use it, Thank you.

[Cindy]

Hi Alisia,

Thank you for your comments and compliments. Please feel free to use the logo. I don't know if you saw both versions. The first one is black and green. I updated the colors on another post (Dec 9th 2009). I like my re-colored version better but you are welcome to use either one.

Cindy

[Alaia E]

Hello, I really love your logo. I was looking for an upcycle logo for my school report but couldn't find one that truly was representative until I came across your fabulous design. May I use it for my school report. I would credit you of course. I hope it gets more recognition as from what I've seen online, yours is the best by miles :)

Best regards
Alaia

[Logo Design]

I would go with it.