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Textile designer Elaine Yan Ling Ng has created a collection of speckled wall tiles made from shells of eggs discarded by bakeries.
Called CArrelé, the collection s name is a fusion of carreler, which means to tile or to pave in French, and CA – the chemical symbol for calcium in reference to the calcium carbonate that makes up an eggshell.
Decaying eggshells produce odours, attract flies and contribute to methane emissions, which are reduced if the waste is reused before it rots.
Stools covered in the eggshell tiles
Elaine Yan Ling Ng became interested in the opportunities of eggshells as a material after finding out about experiments in using them for capping teeth and healing bones.
The live conversation also covered the role of collaboration in the design industry, how to turn discourse into action, and the ways in which sustainability could work as a business strategy. The obstacles for a very traditional, 120-year manufacturer like Johnson Tiles are very different to those of an entrepreneurial business like The Good Plastic Company, said Bridges. As the UK s only surviving large scale tile manufacturer, we ve had to navigate our industrial set-up to move forward sustainably; both to address the environmental crisis and to stay in business, he added.
Author Katie Treggiden
Treggiden is a journalist and author who champions the circular approach in design. She is also the host and producer of the podcast called Circular with Katie Treggiden.