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Transforming waste into decorative panels with Smile Plastics and Smile Fibres — and soon, Smile Minerals. Reimagined materials. Designed to inspire.

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Sustainability claims are easy. Proving them is harder.⁠
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That’s why we continually expand the accreditations behind our materials - making specification simpler, clearer, and credible.⁠
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Everything you need to specify with confidence.⁠
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#materialsreimagined #designedtoinspire #100percentrecycled #100percentrecycleable #madefromwaste #circularbydesign ⁠ by @smile.materials

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9 months ago

WE ARE⁠
Smile Materials⁠
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A new chapter in Smile Plastics’ story. ⁠
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Expanding our scope to give you greater choice, Smile Materials goes beyond plastic. We transform discarded materials into beautiful, functional surfaces, supporting you in contributing to the circular economy, one waste stream at a time.⁠
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Read the full story over on our Journal. ⁠
Link in bio. taken in Swansea, South Wales by @smile.materials

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a year ago

Lens Lamp by @atelier.wama + @ninaandcodesign

The dimmable wall lights, handmade locally by Atelier WA MA and us, show the @smile.materials lens-waste application in lighting by using up leftovers from the project, paired with a tactile switch cast from aluminium stair nosings salvaged from the original site. The tactile chunky dimmer plus the dim-to-warm bulb by @tala means users can ramp up the brightness while trying on sunglasses 🌞😎

Photography by @anbatch

#circulardesign #regenerativedesign #recycledplastic #lightingdesign #retaildesign by @smile.materials

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We’re finalists! ⁠
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Proud to be shortlisted in the @isoladesigngroup Awards for Innovation, alongside four other brilliant projects.⁠
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These awards judge originality, craftsmanship and sustainability together, without trading one off against another. That’s a standard we share. Recycled materials should earn their place in an interior on design merit, with the sustainability story as an added strength.⁠
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Huge congratulations to our fellow finalists. It’s an honour to be in such strong company 🌱 by @smile.materials

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3 days ago

MONC Monmouth Street store is flanked by translucent recycled plastic panels that glimmer with flecks of discarded lenses. Eyewear lenses are a mixture of plastics not municipally recycled in the UK - they mainly end up being incinerated.

This stunning sheet material by @smile.materials was especially developed for the project, making use of all the discarded prescription lenses and demonstration lenses that @monceyewear had diligently collected during their ten years of existence. Additional kilos from opticians and their lens partner @zeissvision were needed to make up the volume of waste required to produce enough material.

The development of this circular material, which can be reprocessed again by @smile.materials , demonstrates the potential of a broader industry solution for lens waste in the UK…. @zeissvision @smile.materials please keep talking 🤝

Photography by @anbatch

#circulardesign #recycledplastic #regenerativedesign #retaildesign #coventgarden by @smile.materials

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Exuding an earthy warmth, Heron in Butterscotch boasts a dappled palette of tawny brown, terracotta, and soft apricot, all infused with vibrant undertones of vivacious orange.

Beginning its life as white goods, the since discarded material that lays the foundations for the Heron mix takes on a whole new appearance with this colour wash. Much alike the hues found in sophisticated, sand blasted marble, the sun-soaked combination is guaranteed to brighten up interior schemes.

Available in thicknesses of 12mm and 20mm. by @smile.materials

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8 days ago

JENKI London.
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Five of London's busiest spots. ⁠
Four Smile surfaces throughout. ⁠
One very green partnership.⁠
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Full story via the link in bio 🔗⁠
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📸 Guy Archard, Anton Rodriguez and French+Tye
@jenkimatcha
Store designs by @rainwu_
Interior fitouts by @truenorth_projects by @smile.materials

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16 days ago

At Smile, we’ve always believed that a surface made from would-be waste can change how people think about a space, but there’s nothing quite like seeing it in a room it was made for. So, when a fellow British manufacturer chose our newly launched Smile Minerals to shape a whole bathroom setting, we couldn’t have been happier. ⁠
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Meet @romanltd, one of the UK’s leading showering brands, now showcasing our 100% recycled solid surface across shower panelling, a vanity and a splashback in their showroom.⁠
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Read more on our journal – link in bio.⁠
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Material: Recycled Solid Surface in Chalk by @smile.materials

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18 days ago

It's not just about what goes in – it's about what doesn't.⁠
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Most solid surface is made from virgin petrochemicals, then sent to landfill or incineration when it's done.⁠
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Smile Minerals Recycled Solid Surface is made entirely from what already exists: reclaimed solid surface recovered through @mtrl.library, and reclaimed PET. And when its working life is over, we take it back and make it into something new.⁠
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Same surface. Around 90% less projected embodied carbon.⁠*
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Samples available via link in bio.

*projected embodied carbon of 5.66kg CO2e/m2 (A1 to A3, 12mm equivalent), with an Environmental Product Declaration coming soon. by @smile.materials

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22 days ago

@l_d_f_official largest district went all out this year. Shoreditch Design Week packed over 100 showrooms, exhibitions and installations into six days, with a headline theme running through it: neuroinclusive design sitting alongside heritage craft, colour and material culture.⁠
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We had a front-row seat. From reimagined registration desks to plinths made from our new Smile Minerals Recycled Solid Surface at @shoreditchth, head on over to our journal to discover where we turned up and what stood out to us >>>

📷 Sam Frost and Mark McKenzie by @smile.materials

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25 days ago

Wardrobe, birch plywood. Bed, also birch plywood. Handle backing etc, recycled plastic.
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#plywood #birchplywood #birchply #plywoodwardrobe #bedroominspo #madeinwalthamstow #lycandesign taken in Walthamstow, United Kingdom by @smile.materials

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