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wouldlovetostartworkingwiththe
quarriesdirectlyasit saysthisis
wherethebulkofwastetakesplace.
Co-founderMiaCastenskjold
highlightsthatsheandherpartner
startedthebrandinresponsetothe
wastefulnesstheyhadwitnessed
rsthandwhentryingtocreatea
tablefortheirownhome.Thisforced
themtotackletheissuewithan
inventiveapproach.
Thecompany’sdebutcollection
launchedin 2018 withthreetables
anda rangeofsculpturalobjects.
Mia’spartnerandco-founderStefan
explains:‘Weliketocreatea desire
forthepieceaestheticallybefore
customersrealisethesustainable
qualities.Today,designingand
makingina sustainablemanner
shouldbea givenandit’sour
responsibilitytoensureconsumers
don’thavetocompromiseonstyle.’
Presentinga patchworkdesign
acrosstheirtabletopswithmarble
fromdierentbackgrounds,theyaim
tocelebratethebeautyofdiversity
andimperfection.‘Eventhoughthis
isoursignaturestyle,’Miaadds,‘we
wanttoexperimentfurtherwith
moretonalcombinationstoshowcase
thebrillianceofsimplicitytoo.’
Theocutstheyusehavebeen
discardedfora varietyofreasons.
Somemaybeconsideredtoosmall,
othersarerejectedduetoa lackof
storagespaceortheinconvenienceof
relocatingthem,andsomehavebeen
vetoedduetoscratches,discolouring
orminorcracks.MarblePartners
seekstoworkaroundtheseapparent
imperfectionsandgiveeachstone
a secondchance.
Lookingtothefuture,Miasays,
‘Wewillconcentrateonoptimising
ourproduction,savingasmuch
marblefromlandll aspossibleand
maybeteachotherstheage-oldcra
ofworkingwithstone.’Constantly
streamliningtheirownproduction,
theyareworkingonwaystousetheir
ownwaste,aswellasdeveloping
environmentallyfriendlypackaging.
Theweightofmarbleisanobvious
obstaclemakingtransportation
dicultso,tocombatthis,their
largertabletopsareassembledin
sections.Theirpassionformarrying
designwithfunctionalityand
sustainabilityisa positiveexampleof
howa circularmindsetcan lead to
state-of-the-art results.

ANationofTeaDrinkers

Asmuchasmarblemayseeman

unexpectedsourceofwaste,Mahew

GrantandMichaelMcManusdecided

tofocusona materiala lilecloserto

homewhentheysetupDUST

London(dustlondon.co) twoyears

ago.Aermonthsofexperimenting

withorganicsubstancestheybegan

workingwithteawastewhich,

accordingtogovernmentbody

WRAP,amountsto370,000tonnes

inBritaineachyear.Bymixingtea

witha non-toxicbindertocreatea

ceramicformtheydiscoveredthata

rangeofbeautifulcolourscouldbe

achieved.Forexample,Peppermint

gavesubtlegreenhues,whereas

RooibosandEnglishBreakfast

producedwarmer,earthiertones.

Increatingtheseplanters,vases

and coasters, they want to prompt

FROMTOPDustLondonfounders,

MichaelMcManusandMatthew

Grant;largeplantersbyDust

London,£250each;thecompany’s

Centrepiecevasesareavailablein

five colours and cost £75 each.

August 2019 Homes & Antiques 57

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