“What do you think of this colour?” Lars and Erik ask me with a secretive smile on their faces as they shove a coat rack Frits and shelf Guus in my face. All I see is a very cool colour grey, one that I haven’t seen before. And seeing their secretive smiles, I’m also very curious about their story! Guess what? This colour was made from waste powder, left behind in the spray cabin after a colour change. Before, this powder was hardened so it could be removed with all the residual waste. The waste powder is now collected and used

The beauty of Zooi is that the limitations of the residual material are your starting point when you’re designing products.  You have residual material in a certain dimension and shape and you start from there. With Jut and Jul we have discovered that this can really be a limitation. The residual material with the original thickness had become minimal due to some changes in the cabinet range and the addition of smaller products, all of which is obviously very good for the reduction of waste. However, it was not so good for Jut and Jul and the supply has been really