{"id":465,"date":"2006-01-16T03:48:08","date_gmt":"2006-01-16T07:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=465"},"modified":"2013-01-21T12:57:17","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T17:57:17","slug":"spacing-toronto-designer-wins-chicago-recycle-bin-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2006\/01\/16\/spacing-toronto-designer-wins-chicago-recycle-bin-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"SPACING: Toronto designers wins Chicago recycle bin contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.spacing.ca\/images\/green-being_reform.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nSPACING.ca FEATURE:<br \/>\n<\/strong> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.spacing.ca\/images\/EcoTrio.jpg\" alt=\" \" width=\"200\" height=\"237\" align=\"right\"\/><br \/>\nIn the summer of 2005, the American Institute of Architects\/Chicago Young Architects Forum called for design submissions for an ecologically intelligent urban recycling container for downtown Chicago.  The <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aiachicago.org\/redesign\/REDESIGN.HTM\"><strong>reThink\/reDesign\/reCycle<\/strong><\/a><\/em> competition received proposals for a varied selection of innovative containers described in the event program with words like \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcsculptural&#8217;, \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcmemorable&#8217; and \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcsymbolic&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>The winner design of the competiton, the EcoTrio (pictured at right), came from Toronto-based designer Amanda Smith and her Chicago-based partner Deborah Kang. With the mess Toronto currently finds itself in with the EUCAN monster bins, I find this news a tad ironic. <\/p>\n<p><em>Spacing<\/em> invited Ms. Smith to write about her experience with the <em>reThink\/reDesign\/reCycle<\/em> contest and her comments on Toronto&#8217;s recycling bin SNAFU. You can find it <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacing.ca\/eucan-rethink.htm\">here<\/a> in this week&#8217;s <em>Spacing.ca<\/em> article feature.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SPACING.ca FEATURE: In the summer of 2005, the American Institute of Architects\/Chicago Young Architects Forum called for design submissions for an ecologically intelligent urban recycling container for downtown Chicago. The reThink\/reDesign\/reCycle competition received proposals for a varied selection of innovative containers described in the event program with words like \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcsculptural&#8217;, \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcmemorable&#8217; and \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcsymbolic&#8217;. 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