Three reasons you don’t need a flagship budget to buy with us.
Setting the record straight on who our products are really for
Dezeen’s recent article raised an important issue: good design still feels out of reach for many. It made us think about our own role in that landscape: why our work is sometimes read as “exclusive” and how we try to stay open to projects far beyond the luxury world. Our approach isn’t about making design cheap, but about making it fair and accessible, so that high-quality materials and thoughtful craftsmanship are available to projects of all sizes. Here are three ways we put that commitment into practice.
Our materials begin with abundance, not luxury
The ground material we work with; plastic, isn’t rare, it’s everywhere. Our work doesn’t rely on exclusivity or scarce resources; it relies on turning a common material into something durable and meaningful. Its value comes from craftsmanship: the hours of making, the machines we’ve built, and the knowledge we continue to develop to push the material forward.
Scale doesn’t determine who gets to work with us.
Large brands and small projects use the same Karlite sheet: same price, same quality, different scale. Whether it’s a 300 sqm store or a 30 sqm home, the same sheet of Karlite can be used. The material doesn’t change, same durability, same quality, same design.
Built to Last, Affordable in the Long Run
A material that lasts for decades becomes cost-effective over time. Karlite and Mother of Pearl are made for everyday use, not short-term fixes. That’s the purpose of working with recycled plastic properly, to break the cycle of replacing low-quality materials every few years.
‘‘We’re not competing with flat-pack prices, and we never will.
But that doesn’t mean we exist only for luxury budgets.”
We’re not trying to prove that we’re accessible to everyone. High-quality, responsibly made materials come with real costs: time, labour, machinery, and the ongoing work of refining what we do. More importantly: We’re not competing with flat-pack prices, and we never will. But that doesn’t mean we exist only for luxury budgets.
Part of our commitment is investing in our processes so that our materials don’t become exclusive by default. That means keeping order sizes flexible, keeping pricing transparent, and designing collections that can work for a café, a small studio, a home interior, or a global flagship.
We pursue accessibility not by making our work cheap, but by pricing it fairly. Balancing the real costs of labour and craftsmanship, while ensuring that sustainability isn’t reserved for a privileged tier of buyer.
Because sustainability loses its impact when it’s only reserved for the few.
