KleeKlee / Landscape containers
Helping the sustainable clothing brand KleeKlee to design the outdoor spaces of its stores with a landscape architect. Developing a project around the circular economy and industrial 3D printing.
Designer & producteur a la fois
To meet the demand for custom-designed plant containers, it was decided to turn to industrial 3D printing. This eliminates the need for mold making for small production runs, allows for different sizes, and enables our agency to become producers, thus allowing us to fully control the project from design to industrial manufacturing.
Extensive research was necessary to determine the most suitable recycled material for manufacturing the bins. Having previously worked in technology companies like Lenovo, reusing electronic waste such as computer mice and keyboards gave this project new meaning for us. The ABS plastic used to manufacture these items met our needs for producing the bins. A long period of testing followed to achieve the desired result.
Experimental Approach
Recycled plastic is more difficult to work with for 3D printing and requires a long phase of trial and error and improvement to achieve the desired aesthetic and functional results.
Uniques
Textures
After showing samples produced to the artistic director of the Kleeklee brand, she agreed to follow our direction, which consisted of highlighting the color variations on each printed piece, coming from random waste, and transmitting this result in the final objects to better communicate the story of this project.
Industrialisation
After setting up our micro-factory, we were able to mass-produce this item, exceeding 1000 units, and it became a product in the Kleeklee catalog.
Project Installation
Installation du projet avant defile
Presentation
Parade
1 year later...
One year after completion, the plants have grown, demonstrating this brand's commitment to sustainability, far removed from event-based projects where short-term success is paramount, and destruction often follows the end of the festivities.
