Welcome to Trash Designer — an international ERASMUS+ project that turns “waste” into a starting point for creative design, modern craftsmanship, and green skills.

Together with partners from Poland, Italy, Spain, and Romania, we explore how upcycling and circular thinking can become a real, future-oriented profession: the Trash Designer. The project connects education, art, and sustainability, supporting students and educators with practical tools, inspiring examples, and ready-to-use learning materials that can be integrated into school programmes.

Through workshops, collaboration between institutions, and shared resources (handbooks), Trash Designer helps young people develop creative confidence, technical abilities, and a stronger understanding of responsible production and consumption in line with the EU green transition and the spirit of the 2030 Agenda.

 

Discover our results, stories, and resources — and see how design can start from what already exists.