Second Spark

This collaborative project tackled electronic waste or e-waste which is the world’s fastest growing waste-stream, across two locations; London and Kyoto.

The existing model of consumption, fuelled by hyper-consumerism and the fetishisation of the new, generates vast quantities of waste. We found that people often found themselves in a passive state, with no idea what to do with drawers full of accumulated gadgets and wires. Technology outpaces human adaptation, and our abandoned objects threaten to outlive us all. Our research led us to the limitations of “cradle to grave” product life-cycles, prompting a shift towards “closed-loop” circular systems. 

Second Spark slowed down consumption to forge a viable pathway by prioritising responsible reusability, where the concept of waste becomes a resource, not a burden.