Sustainability and VALODI

Reclaimed PVC pipes from underground

All the sewer pipes I used spent decades underground; once they have served their purpose, instead of the expensive process of recycling (collecting, sorting, cleaning, melting, etc.), a new object is made from the material immediately after it has been thrown away, thus achieving the most efficient recycling. I never thought of plastics, including PVC, as a noble material, and neither did I believe that any of the objects I designed would be made of plastic. The PVC sewage pipes thrown away on building sites or rubbish dumps never caught my interest or imagination. Unlike metal pipes, a heavy material with character, PVC seemed insignificant. Even though recycling or reuse is the most critical because of the amount of our plastic waste.

The afterlife of a steel pipe

The next few pictures show the tale of a decommissioned pipe lying on a construction site. This piece of pipe has so far become three bowls, but the spiral pair is still to come. There was a thick weld at the end of the pipe, I cut it here with a plasma cutter. This last little piece became a lamp.

The recycling of garbage truck parts is the story of the Exhaust light

This gallery shows how an object can be reborn after a demeaning life. How it can rise above, leave the toxic relationship and dirt behind, and shine the light around. After cleaning and manufacturing the basic forms and parts (truck exhaust, brake disc, wheel hub) I assembled them. The floor light rotates around its vertical axis. The housing of the dimmer switch required precise work.
Finally, it got a paint finish with my dropspot technique

This is the path from the purgatory of a dumpster to a new life.

In the first stage, a truck brake air tank lies in the dumpster, waiting for me to find it. I picked it out of the dumpster. Now comes the cleaning process. After the cleaning, it got the legs, and the primary form emerged from the rotten object. Finally, the industrial coating comes with the signature painting (DROPSPOT ) of the exterior. The finishing touch is sustainable packaging.

Torus light

This object is made of metal, but the randomly plasma cut pieces of sheet metal give it an organic feel. The larger piece is made from recycled plasterboard profiles, allowing the otherwise useless scrap metal to be reborn with previously unimaginable function and sparkle. The smaller version is made from the outer metal casing of a broken water heater. I plasma-cut these pieces with a metal template so I could minimize the waist.

Branding and packaging

For the packaging, I sewed bags from dismantled home textiles and upholstery. I attached the labels with unique magnets made from scrap wood. The bags and (fridge) magnets not only serve as an advertisement for the brand, but they also serve an environmental purpose: by reusing them, they save a lot of plastic waste.