LOOP Project

A circular design initiative

by Silk


LASTING OBJECTS OF PURPOSE

At Silk, we spend our days designing experiences people step into. But behind those experiences is material, waste, and a growing responsibility to do better.

Since the start, we’ve hoarded our leftover event signage and plastic waste. Instead of adding to landfill, we teamed up with saveBOARD NZ to convert that waste into wonder.

The LOOP Project is something that reflects what we deeply care about. LOOP is the afterlife of our past work, a place where signage, event builds, and prototypes come back to us and begin again, turning yesterday’s materials into tomorrow’s objects of purpose.


Crafted with saveBOARD, shaped by our team, and guided by design.


Stay tuned for more info coming soon.


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Waste to wonder


A little stool with a big story.


This little stool began as a hands-on exploration rather than any sort of finished product. It marks the inception of a journey where waste materials are given a second life, and sometimes a third, and a fourth.


Working on this circular design sample was our way of understanding the material, testing how saveBOARD could be cut, joined, finished, handled, and transformed into functional objects.


Through sketching, prototyping, tolerance testing, and physical trial and error, the stool design gave us the scope we needed for initial testing. What emerged wasn’t about perfection, but possibility. A simple, functional object that proved our waste could be reshaped into something useful and considered.


The stool is LOOP’s first physical outcome and a starting point that turns an idea we’ve been dreaming of for years into something quite wonderful.

Waste to wonder


A little stool with a big story.

Two small saveBOARD stools with plants, near a green chair and bookshelf in a living room.

This little stool began as a hands-on exploration rather than any sort of finished product. It marks the inception of a journey where waste materials are given a second life, and sometimes a third, and a fourth.


Working on this circular design sample was our way of understanding the material, testing how saveBOARD could be cut, joined, finished, handled, and transformed into functional objects.


Through sketching, prototyping, tolerance testing, and physical trial and error, the stool design gave us the scope we needed for initial testing. What emerged wasn’t about perfection, but possibility. A simple, functional object that proved our waste could be reshaped into something useful and considered.


The stool is LOOP’s first physical outcome and a starting point that turns an idea we’ve been dreaming of for years into something quite wonderful.


Two small saveBOARD stools with plants, near a green chair and bookshelf in a living room.

saveBOARD NZ


The magic material.


saveBOARD is a New Zealand company transforming everyday packaging waste into strong, versatile construction boards. Materials like beverage cartons, soft plastics, and composite packaging, traditionally difficult to recycle, are compressed using pressure and heat to create durable sheet material. No glues, no additives, just smart engineering and a considered process.


The result is a board with a unique texture and story, and it’s the foundation of our LOOP projects, giving the waste from our past work a solid new beginning.

saveBOARD NZ


The magic material.


saveBOARD is a New Zealand company transforming everyday packaging waste into strong, versatile construction boards. Materials like beverage cartons, soft plastics, and composite packaging, traditionally difficult to recycle, are compressed using pressure and heat to create durable sheet material. No glues, no additives, just smart engineering and a considered process.


The result is a board with a unique texture and story, and it’s the foundation of our LOOP projects, giving the waste from our past work a solid new beginning.

saveBOARD website

Case study


Havana Coffee Works.


Havana Coffee Works was one of the first opportunities to put LOOP into action at a large scale.


Working with saveBOARD made from Havana’s own coffee packaging waste, we transformed their discarded materials into durable boards that could be re-used within their brand environment.


What was once single-use packaging became functional items such as shelving displays and recycling bin units, carrying the texture, colour, and story of Havana’s product into its next life.


The project demonstrated how waste can return not just as material, but with meaning and purposefully designed.


Case study


Havana Coffee Works.


Havana Coffee Works was one of the first opportunities to put LOOP into action at a large scale.


Working with saveBOARD made from Havana’s own coffee packaging waste, we transformed their discarded materials into durable boards that could be re-used within their brand environment.


What was once single-use packaging became functional items such as shelving displays and recycling bin units, carrying the texture, colour, and story of Havana’s product into its next life.


The project demonstrated how waste can return not just as material, but with meaning and purposefully designed.

Rows of Havana canned coffee, displayed on wooden shelves.

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Got a custom design or fabrication project in mind? Tell us as much as you can about your idea, and we’ll be in touch soon.


 All concepts and designs remain the intellectual property of Silk Design Limited.  For larger projects, a proposal fee may be discussed.

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