This book presents the proceedings of the first International Upcycling Symposium 2020, held on 4th September 2020 at De Montfort University (DMU) in Leicester, UK (online), as a joint effort between DMU, Lund University, Nottingham Trent University and Newcastle University. This book presents state of the art of research and practice in "upcycling" at the international level.

Introduction.- Part I: Design, Engineering and the Upcycled.- Object-Oriented-Upcycling: An Object-Based Approach to the Circular Economy.- Designing for Second Life: Systemic Design for Sustainable Packaging in Appliance Manufacturing Industry.- Upcycling of Silicon Solar Cells: What are the Options?.- Scapegoat or Saviour: The Role of Design in Upcycling Research.- Discourses in and around Upcycled Artefacts: A Social Semiotic Perspective.- The Interplay of User, Context and Product in Everyday Design Behaviour.- After Life: Lessons on Product Longevity form the Informal Economy.- Upcycling, Jugaad and Repair Cafes for Presumption.- Part II: Upcycling in Fashion & Textiles Education.- Material Inventories for Responsive Design in Fashion Practice.- Soul Shopping: Autoethnography, Upcycling and Post-Growth Fashion.- Recontextualising and Appropriating Second-Hand Western Fashion Items in Non-Western Contexts.- Future Pathways of Upcycled Textiles.- Scaling Up Upcycling: Studying Challenges and Suggesting Solutions for Its Integration in the Existing Supply Chain.- Disrupting the Linear Textile Model at the Community Scale.- Commoning Situated Knowledge: Co-Teaching-and- Learning the 'Design-Led Upcycling' of Waste Clothing.- Exploring Upcycling as a Design Process through Fashion Education.- Upcycling Advocate: Fostering Engagement and Empowerment Through An Upcycle Guidebook in Undergraduate Courses.- Part III: Upcycling as Concepts and Practices.- Systems Approach to Scaling Up Global Upcycling: Framework for Empirical Research.- Repair and Upcycling: How Do We Know Which Repair is Considered as Upcycling?.- Upcycling the World of Interiors.- Understanding Quality in Upcycled Products.- Practice and Ethos.- Understanding and Measuring Value and Quality of Upcycling with Fuzzy Linguistic Approach.- My Life Journey and Reflections as an Upcycler.- Designing for Positive Upcycling Experiences With People's Well-Being in Mind.