THE SHOP - grupa + cpu + royal college of art

"The Shop is a dislocated platform of CPU (re-use center) taking place at the Bienale of Industrial design BIO22 in Ljubljana. The project is managed by MAs from the Royal College of Art in London and by the members of GRUPA.

The Shop is divided into several parts: the studio - is a base for developing new models of renewed use and scenarios for future consumption,
the workshop - is where we collect used items and refurbish them for future use.
In the exchange center - we swap our items and research work for the visitors' old items or services.
The lecture center - is where our guest designers present their projects."

"(GRUPA) is creative group of friends. We work for the people. We want to influence their habits. In the society and space we act as directors. In the process we collaborate with the local inhabitants who are experts in specific areas, therefore the first source of information for our research, and also contributors to collective solutions. We form interactions. We work locally. We work by collaborations and want to establish a friendly relationship with everyone involved. We want to take part in finding solutions to social problems. We use workshops, installations, interventions and products for research, collaboration, communication and persuasion."

So basically, you take a piece of old furniture or an old object you're not using anymore to the shop, where it is being redesigned and reused, in exchange the artists offer you an either redesigned and refurnished object or their service and their time.

for more info check: GRUPA