Move to Barcelona, start a design studio, and rescue thousands of square metres of materials from a historic stone yard slated for demolition. This isn’t your usual relocation, but this is the story of Leleni Studio. Founders Alessandra Monarcha and Charlie Paddick share the remarkable journey, from their first project, Liberation from Landfill, to collections crafted from rescued materials.
Moving to a new city and starting a business is hard enough. Doing so while questioning established industry systems is another challenge entirely. Just because material offcuts are being wasted, it doesn’t mean that they aren’t worthy of more, and what better case for the campaign to liberate them from landfill than Leleni’s designs?
Drawing from their experience in architecture, design, and reclamation, hear about the beauty of working with natural stone, salvage stories, and how their work is helping to mobilise reuse in Spain and beyond.
See images from the projects we covered in the episode here
We touched on Australia's decision to ban the use of engineered stone. Read more about it and the potential health issues here
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Music courtesy of Pinecone Moonshine, Sanity & Soundness, Flapdoodle by dgoHn
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