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 for over two decades. 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.
Post Consumer and Industrial Waste Material Development, Adaptive Re-use, and Experimental Material Research are core commercial pillars of Edward Linacre Studio.
Major projects and commissions include:
Quad Skull Lamp - for Clubhouse by Ellen Keillar/ Found Golf / Up There store - Melbourne Design Week 2026
Architectural Panels made from 100% Recycled Paper - for Country Road Group
WORKSHOP signage for Archi-Build Expo Melbourne - made form StormTech grate offcuts. In Collaboration with Hassell and StormTech.
Kerstin Thompson Architects offices in upcycled factory lighting and discarded parts. High Commendation - Sustainability - national IDEA awards.
Readings Bookstore: Collaboration with KTA - Major Lighting installation for their newly launched Chadstone store utilising unpublishable and misprinted books as a material source. Winner - Sustainability - national IDEA awards.
PolyOnyx - A collaboration with Maxwell Carr in the development of recycled HDPE materials that imitate exotic stones. Outcomes exhibited at Craft Contemporary 2022, Melbourne Design Week 2023, Dubai Design Week 2024, Melbourne Design Week 2024, Milan Design Week 2026
HARDLIGHT floor lamp - Fringe Furniture 2022 - Upcycled Hard rubbish components based around a sculptural shower wall brace.
Re-moulding of excess industrial concrete into commercial lighting range “Concrete Topaz” 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.
