Recycled Materials

“There is no such thing as 'away. ' So, when we throw anything away, it must go somewhere.”                                                                                                             

     - Annie Leonard, executive director of Greenpeace USA, Author of ‘The Story of Stuff’.

Edward has been giving recycled materials second lives since as long as he can remember. His grandfather developed industrial scale plastics recycling in the 70’s. At Edward Linacre Studio we incorporate second use materials into incongruent and distinctive end products, including lighting, furniture, object, installations and interiors or we develop entirely new products and speculative works based on the on the innate properties of the material.

Our projects include:

• PolyOnyx - Who Needs Marble? - A collaboration with Maxwell Carr in the development of recycled HDPE materials that imitate exotic stones. Launched at CRAFT CONTEMPORARY 2022.

• Re-moulding of excess industrial concrete into commercial lighting products with GRC Environments.

• Weaving excess timber from our Nest Pendants into a range of sculptural pieces for Melbourne Design Week’s ByProdcut exhibition.

• Repurposing un-recyclable plastic beer kegs into music festival stage lighting for Inner Varnika Festival and terrariums for Mycelium Studios.

• Fan cover Sculptures for Mycelium Studios 1st birthday event, and Mike Makatron’s book launch exhibition.

Edward is a passionate advocate of transforming the concept of waste; drawing inspiration from nature's closed loop systems of production.

If you are interested in working with us in the re-purposing of discarded materials, email info@edwardlinacre.com.au.