CIRCA
High quality porcelain from ceramic waste
CIRCA is high quality porcelain made from post-consumer ceramic waste. About 11 million kg goes to landfill annual from Dutch 2nd hand stores only. With them we create valuable jobs for people with poor job prospects. We turn waste shards into new clay recipes, and make it a valuable resource for its own production cycle and result in reduction of mined resources and CO2 emissions transport/drying/firing. We make CIRCA clay with various % of shards in a recipe, up to 100%. We can change the recipe to fit the production technique, make the waste more/less visible and even self-glazing.
Company/Institution
Studio Lotte Douwes / Meaningful Matter
Studio Lotte Douwes is a design studio led by Lotte Douwes and has a strong focus on high-quality ceramic designs and circular production methods. The collections Lotte designs play with the concept of space. Such as Lamp&Socket Collection or Spatial Vase. Studio Lotte Douwes researches and experiments with circular use of raw materials and especially ceramic waste shards, from which, among other things, the Circular Collection was created.
Country
Netherlands
Designer(s)
Lotte Douwes
Lotte Douwes transforms ceramic-, and specifically porcelain waste, into new tableware and interior products. She designs high-quality clay recipes that require lower firing temperatures. Her mission is to make the entire production process of pottery and porcelain circular, making major savings on precious raw materials and energy consumption. From the outside, you can’t always see that it is made from waste. The result is a beautiful and attractive product, inspired by Japanese and Danish design aesthetics, made to cherish a lifetime.