Last Summer, Oliver Bishop-Young presented two projects about skips at New Designers in London. The first was a proposal for a website where people upload information about the contents of skips (known on this side of the world as dumpsters) so others can salvage items they need from them. The SkipWaste site would be searchable by items required or location and shows a photo of each skip plus its location on a map. Visit a demo version of the website here. The second project involved converting these empty skips into public spaces such as skate parks, swimming pools and gardens. Skip ramp is made from a collection of materials gathered from skips; it reuses them to form a mini ramp in a skip. Pete King, a professional skater with Sidewalk magazine, came to do an article on the design. Skip ramp was one of many conversions made to the skip using these reclaimed materials. Kind of reminds us of the PARK-ing initiatives.
