TREEHUGGER MAGAZINE , May 2008

Buenos Aires biggest annual design fair (Puro Diseno) took place from April 8 to 13.

Our first featured designers are Angeles Janza and Florencia Fiszman, two young women who make these beautiful pieces of jewelry from aluminum and metals.

Even though the aluminum they used was partly recycled, they started working with recovered materials last year, when they began making a line of jewelry with metal plaques from the print industry. They also incorporated recycled materials to their packaging and announced a challenge for themselves: 50% recycled materials in 2008, 100% in 2009.

"The idea is getting more material of different thickness to be able to apply it to every product. We hope to have it by the end of the year," explains Janza. "Part of the challenge of being a designer is creating from limitations. Also, as designers we have a responsibility over the universe of objects around us," she says.

--Treehugger Magazine