Skip to content
  • cafe
  • spaces
    • Your perfect event
    • What customers say
    • The Red Space (newly renovated!)
    • The White Space
    • The Grand Space
    • Cafe
    • Library
    • Fairytale Garden
  • gallery
@droog logo
  • program
  • shop
  • about
    • about @droog
    • droog design archive
    • media
    • team
    • contact
  • home
  • cafe
  • spaces
    • Your perfect event
    • What customers say
    • The White Space
    • The Red Space (newly renovated!)
    • The Grand Space
    • Library
    • Cafe
    • Fairytale Garden
  • gallery
  • droog design archive
  • program
  • shop
    • droog icons on request
  • about
    • about @droog
    • droog design archive
    • media
    • team
  • contact
  • jobs
  • shipping & returns
  • privacy policy
  • Staalstraat 7B, Amsterdam
stay tuned
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn

06.03.201210.06.2020

Renny Ramakers one of the 150 Women Who Shake the World

Art historian turned curator turned environmental trendsetter, Renny Ramakers has put a different kind of green conscience into design with UP, the Dutch innovator’s latest venture. Initiated by Droog, a firm she cofounded that took the design world by storm, UP is a collaborative effort among companies to cut down on waste by using surplus materials to create new goods. The movement’s many partners have created a rapidly growing line of chic “leftover” products from dead-stock items repurposed in inventive ways.

“It is one of the best kept secrets: everyday, tonnes of sellable products are recycled or simply destroyed worldwide, resulting in an unacceptable loss of material and energy. Recycling in practice is down-cycling; many recycled materials are processed into inferior products,” (Renny Ramakers, October 2011).

Read the article here

Post navigation

previous
next

@droog logo
  • about
  • visit
  • contact
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
© 2020-2025 droog
We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. Our analytics are anonymized and in compliance with GDPR. Read more in our privacy policyok