ReMaking, a Product-service System
by Luke Turk
The Perennial Vase on a dining table with coasters detached and in use
Unscrewing the coaster stack from the vase
Detachable coaster stack
A selection of coaster designs from which customers can choose
Project Description
ReMaking is a service which enables people to make objects out of their own collected waste — thermoplastic, of which there is an overabundance. It gives customers an experience of making that they will never forget — an experience that will strengthen their bond to the object they have made. ReMaking has been designed specifically with families in mind, to produce the Perennial Vase, a product the whole family will enjoy making and each have partial ownership of. The Perennial Vase, as the name suggests, is intended to be kept and passed down for generations because of the value it holds for its makers. Because of the methods used in its production, it is irreplicable and therefore irreplaceable, and intended to be cherished. As a product-service system, this project aims to contribute to combatting our plastic waste pandemic.
How the ReMaking service operates
Customers can stamp their object to further personalise it
Bio
Luke is a product design graduate whose goal as a designer is to always put the user first. He has a proven good work ethic, backed by strong project management with experience in small and large scale projects completed both at university and professionally. His proudest design work was creating two light installations for Vivid Sydney. He has skills ranging from hand sketching and foam modelling through to CAD, the Adobe suite, and talent in all sorts of object making. He hopes to apply his design skills to designing anything that people will appreciate.
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