Miniwiz
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| Founded | 2005 |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | , Taiwan |
Key people | Arthur Huang |
| Services | Upcycling |
| Website | miniwiz |
Miniwiz (Chinese: 小智研發股份有限公司) is a Taiwanese company that upcycles consumer and industrial waste into construction and consumer products. The company was founded by Arthur Huang.[1] It is headquartered in Taiwan with offices in Milan, Singapore, Beijing, and Shanghai.
History
[edit]Miniwiz was founded in March 2005 by Arthur Huang and Jarvis Liu.[2]
In 2010, it constructed EcoARK, a nine-story tall pavilion used as the main exhibition hall for the 2010 Taipei International Flora Exposition. It was built with plastic bottles upcycled as construction material, reportedly saving 300 tons of plastic from ending up in landfills.[3][4]
In 2010, its Polli-Brick construction material was a finalist in The Earth Awards.[5]
In 2014, it collaborated with Nike, Inc. to recycle athletic shoes and shoe manufacturing by-product into construction material, named Nike Grind.[6][7]
In May 2015, it announced the Ecofighter project, which would modify a Rutan VariEze by replacing its elements with recycled material, with a flight planned for 2016.[8]
In April 2016, Miniwiz collaborated with tobacco company Philip Morris International to apply recycled filters of iQos heatsticks to architect Cesare Leonard's 1960s furniture designs at the Milan Design Week.[9]
In 2017, Miniwiz collaborated with Bonotto to exhibit textiles created from recycled material at Fuorisalone in Milan[10] and NYCxDesign in New York City.[11]
In 2019, its Trashpresso mobile recycling plant won an IDEAT award.[12][13] That same year, it also launched a smaller version of the recycling plant named the mini Trashpresso.[14]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Nunns, Cain (2013-11-29). "Short on Space, Taiwan Embraces a Boom in Recycling". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2015-10-16.
- ^ "About". miniwiz.com. Retrieved 2020-08-25.
- ^ Brit Liggett (April 14, 2010). "EcoARK Pavilion made from 1.5 Million Plastic Bottles". Inhabit. Inhabitat.com. Retrieved 2 Sep 2012.
- ^ Paul Mozur (6 July 2011). "Miniwiz Builds Its Green Presence, Brick by Brick". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2012-01-12.
- ^ "The Earth Awards Announces Six Finalists To Redesign Tomorrow". RealWire (blog). 2010-08-18. Retrieved 2015-10-13.
- ^ "Bringing product design principles to retail with NikeLab". the Guardian. 2014-08-21. Retrieved 2015-12-10.
- ^ "Nike Presents NikeLab". NIKE, Inc. Retrieved 2015-12-10.
- ^ "This Taiwanese startup aims to make trash sexy". e27. Retrieved 2015-12-10.
- ^ "Da Philip Morris Italia e Miniwiz ecco progetto 'Anything Butts'". Adnkronos. 14 April 2016. Retrieved 2016-06-16.
- ^ "Gardening the trash, l'idea green di Bonotto". The Way Magazine (in Italian). 2017-04-05. Retrieved 2017-04-05.
- ^ Meyers, Tracey (2017-05-19). "Fashion Turns 'Waste Into Worth' Through Technology and Design Partnership". WWD. Retrieved 2017-05-19.
- ^ "你的一票，投给你的"未来理想家"！_中国". www.sohu.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 2019-02-21.
- ^ "快讯 | 特赞创始人范凌获2019 IDEAT FUTURE AWARD理想家未来大奖 - 雪花新闻". www.xuehua.us. Retrieved 2019-03-10.
- ^ hermes (2019-06-16). "Mini Trashpresso turns waste into beautiful products". The Straits Times.
