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23-31 October 2027

Just One Brick

Yi Design - Recycling Ceramic Wastes into Beautiful Objects

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This project is now archived and was part of DDW23

Event type

Exhibition

YiBrick - Permeable
YiBrick - Permeable
Yi Design will showcase circular recycled products for the interior and architecture industry, transforming industrial ceramic waste into a beautiful multi-purpose, decorative, structural, and customizable tiles and bricks, art and product design at the Dutch Design Week.

We Move Mountains

Collecting over 5000 tons of ceramic wastes and turning them into products. After first making bricks and tiles with the new material, many other creative uses have emerged. From just one brick, Yi Design have made brooches, cups, tables, sculptures, fountains, and lighting.

Circular and Regenerative

Architects, product designers and artists are invited to participate in Yi Design's “JUST ONE BRICK” project. The project aim is to highlight the innovative possibilities using this recycled brick material for themselves, advancing design for the community, and for our planet. In this exhibition, the different products are showcased, including 100% recycled brick made out of porcelain waste and other wastes that can be regenerated over and over.

Collaboration With Designers and Architects

Yi Design will feature a special collaboration of beautiful lighting with award winning Italian designer Martin Oberhauser at Studio Oberhauser.
Yi Design - YiBrick and YiTiles
Yi Design - YiBrick and YiTiles
YiBrick - Permeable Brick for Sponge Cities
YiBrick - Permeable Brick for Sponge Cities
YiTiles - Recycled Ceramic Tiles
YiTiles - Recycled Ceramic Tiles
YiBrick - 100% Recycled Ceramic/Industrial Wastes
YiBrick - 100% Recycled Ceramic/Industrial Wastes

About

Yi Design was founded in 2021. The mission is to solve the ceramic waste problem through our own R&D lab and test run factory. Our team consists of artists, scientists and business executives. Yi Design's first stop is working with the ceramic wastes in Jingdezhen, the porcelain capital of the world. 500,000 tons of waste are buried every year. We use this material to make beautiful circular objects and help clean up the local environment.

Colofon

CoFounder, CTO Karl Yin
COO Dingjia Liu
Designer Joey Deng
Designer/ Special Collaborator Martin Oberhauser

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