Angelo Bartolome

Coffee is one of the most traded commodities in the world, with over 10.8 billion kg of coffee beans consumed in 2022/23, with expectations to grow even larger in the following year(International Energy Agency, 2022). When drinking coffee, do you often think about the product's life cycle? As part of the life cycle of the mass production results to waste that often ends up in landfills. But what if, instead of landfill, coffee waste can be reintroduced as a valuable material.

Ungrounded is the beauty of everyday waste as it attempts to challenge the perspective of used coffee grounds. It reimagines the concept of waste and the conventional hierarchies of materials. Each object made from coffee waste is the conclusion of an ethic of mindful creation and consumption that encourages a culture shift—whether cherished or discarded—that the objects participate in an expanding ecosystem of beauty and responsibility.