Design studio GoodWaste has collaborated with Selfridges to give new life to the department store's waste materials, recycling them into lamps, candles and vases for sale in its London location.
The aim of the Super Circular Department Store project was to reimagine waste materials as a valuable local resource by exploring how department stores could create marketable stock from their own refuse.
The Super Circular Department Store collection includes lamps (top image) and candles (above)
The five-piece collection, which includes two candles, two table lamps and one vase, was made using scrap wax, steel and acrylic sourced from Selfridges' Oxford Street store and the surrounding area.
The products were completed with components from local suppliers, including LED bulbs by London-based lighting brand Tala, before going on sale in the same shop. The Dot table lamp was constructed from recycled perforated steel
"We've designed this collection of homeware to be representative of a new model of super local, super circular production," said GoodWaste.
"As with any department store, Selfridges manages large amounts of waste through store fit-outs, temporary brand concessions and packaging," the studio continued. "With their help, we started to investigate the material flows of the store."
"We believe in real and actualised solutions wherever possible, so it was imperative for us that the project culminated in a real collection of products that we...