:RECYCLE_RESEARCH [found magazine]:

I started research for recycle by thinking how recycled items are used by people whther that be artists or the public.

I came across I website called www.foundmagazine.com. Created by American pair Davy Rothbart and Jason Bitner this magazine and website is based on found items.

I thought this tied nicely in with recycled materials as each item is something discarded or lost by someone that has been found and recycled into entertainment for Found Magazine’s readership.

It started with a note left on Rothbart’s windscreen that was meant for someone else (see below) and continued from there gaining a now large following.


note that started it all, found on Davy, the co-creators, windscreen

Each day a new found item is featured on the site. Most are notes or personal ephemera that create some sort of intrigue as to where it came from or what it is.


item posted for 06.11.06, found atop a recycling bin just before xmas

I really like what they are doing at found magazine, it’s an interesting concept to use something discarded by an individual to entertain others. I think it’s maybe something to do with human instinct to be curious of others that promotes interest in things found items.