Within limits

Designing with scarcity

Within Limits is an ongoing design investigation by OFFSITE into the creative potential of industrial waste. Each object in the collection is shaped not by trend or personal preference, but by constraint. Aluminium profiles with scratches, rejected stair treads, surplus wood panels, instead of hiding imperfections, their design process begins with them. These limitations form the foundation of the collection, pushing material and form toward new logic and function.

Industrial collaboration

The collection was developed in close collaboration with industrial and municipal partners such as Hydro, Staco Nederland, Volta Energy, Brainport Assemblers and the Municipality of Eindhoven. These partners provide more than materials, they offer context, production capability and proximity. By working within a short-chain network, OFFSITE builds a model where waste is not discarded but re-integrated, with full traceability from offcut to object. The collaboration enables low-impact manufacturing grounded in what’s already present in the region.

Circular and scalable

The goal of Within Limits is not to create isolated design experiments, but a scalable and repairable collection for real interiors. Each product is designed for disassembly, constructed from clean material streams, and documented with full material transparency. Collaborations with designers Zowa Rindt, Structural Aspect and Rik Frans Jansen bring different perspectives to the same principle: letting constraints drive the design. The result is a series of furniture pieces that don’t just accommodate limitation, but are defined by it.