Hello World!

This is the first post for the Design Democracy blog. I have set this blog up to initiate an international conversation on sharing design.
The concept is that products made from Upcycled materials, that is waste materials that are converted into something of greater use and value, are rapidly becoming the preserve of the rich with designers selling their upcycled designs for obscene amounts, and that due to the nature of these products this should not be the case. This blog aims to help reverse this trend by empowering everybody to be able to create their own products from these abundant and cheap materials through the sharing of designs and knowledge using the power of the internet.
This blog is the starting point for a final year product design degree at Middlesex University, London and with the help of the global online community this will blossom into a wiki where design conversations can be held and information and designs freely exchanged.