Connecting the dots between nature, culture, and design. Space Available is a creative platform and ecological design studio championing to create a circular future. Innovating art, design and science, the brand's products are crafted by radically recycling waste and upcycled to introduce a new aesthetic built upon the learning, unlearning, and sharing of meaningful product research and development to create space for the natural world. Creative director and co-founder Dan Mitchell started Space Available with the purpose of creating products that transcend the typical short-lived product timeline, all pieces have been constructed from discarded plastic to ensure a brighter future for the planet.
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When it comes to Dan Mitchell’s creative process “being in nature yet still having access to contemporary culture is the key”. A label catapulted by the pandemic, with the apparent slowdown of daily life a new space became available for the team to stop and reflect on the impact of their creative and production processes. Since their launch in 2020 over 4 million plastic bottles have been repurposed to create products and architectural projects. With the belief that there is no such thing as waste, only discarded material with nowhere to go, Space Available gives a new life to unwanted objects ensuring that they avoid landfill.
The Space Available creative process is driven entirely by research instigated by topics such as the plastic waste crisis. A collection is then conceived around this topic, utilising waste materials that are most frequently discarded. The Space Available team also investigate new types of biomaterials, currently mycelium has become integrated as part of their latest case study ‘radical fungi’.
This season Space Available introduces radical plastics constructed from industrial waste, all pieces have been handcrafted by artisans, utilising a circular zero waste design, made from 100% recycled household waste with a one-of-a-kind texture and pattern, no two items are the same pattern or colour. All apparel is hand stitched, dyed, printed, and finished. T-shirts are constructed from upcycled factory offcuts, ranging from biodegradable Tencel to blends of upcycled and organic canvas. Discover the latest eco-friendly addition to your wardrobe rotation or colourful statement object for your space.
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