Description
America has a waste problem, and companies will be forced to pay for it. The US is the second largest producer of textile waste – 17 million tons per year – in the world. Textiles are the fifth most common material in landfills; only 1% of textile waste is recycled. The US and EU are moving to penalize companies that produce textile products — California is forcing brands to pay $500M in total to remove textiles from waste streams. US fashion and furniture manufacturers are sitting on millions of tons of fabric because it’s cheaper to store it than to dispose of it. So – what to do with all this waste? Stackabl leverages the power of technology to give waste a second life as high-end, customizable pieces with soundproofing capabilities for the home and beyond.

A joint venture between STACKLAB and Maison Gerard, one of the world’s leading design galleries, Stackabl is a sustainability-focussed design and technology company building software that systemically sequesters waste materials and transforms them into quality design objects. Stackabl leverages the resources of participating manufacturers (located in Michigan, New York, and Ontario), utilizing their existing machinery and personnel. Stackabl’s proprietary, patent-pending software identifies and defines material cuts for new products and low-processing assembly. Stackabl’s manufacturing partners then process the materials, assemble the products, and ship them to customers made-to-order. Our cutting-edge software streamlines and automates the entire operation. With Stackabl, companies can not only reduce their environmental impact, but also transform remnants into an asset, generating new streams of revenue and reducing the cost of surplus and waste management.

Stackabl’s digital interface allows designers and consumers alike to customize these design-forward and sound dampening furnishings and lighting in real time from a live inventory of remnant “waste” materials from partnering manufacturers. The latest addition to Stackabl’s suite of products is the Arcilla pendant collection. Spanish for “clay,” each of its four in-house configurations were inspired during a pilgrimage taken by Stackabl founder, Jeff Forrest. While driving to Texas, Forrest visited the works of some of his art and architecture heroes, including Donald Judd, Louis Kahn, and Richard Serra, along the way. An inspiring expedition, it was the rich palette of the landscape he passed through that impressed upon him the most, resulting in the vivacious clay, earthy oat, and charcoal tones of these luminaires.

Stackabl pendants – featuring felted Merino wool off-cuts, post-consumer aluminum, and 60 percent recycled PET – can be hung vertically or horizontally and are available individually and in clusters. They can be purchased as designed, or they can be infinitely customized via the easy-to-use online configurator. The configurator provides real-time visualizations in 2D and 3D, plus instant pricing feedback, making for a transparent experience for both the consumer and interior designer. With Stackabl, consumers seeking to beautify their spaces can empower local economies while also curbing the carbon footprint.