Morrama and Batch.Works have teamed up to create Kibu, children's headphones that can be easily assembled, repaired and recycled - a first step towards circular design.
The Kibu Headphones are equal parts functioning technology and educational tool. Morrama, an award-winning industrial design and innovation consultancy based in London teamed up with Batch.Works, specialists in circular manufacturing, to develop the Kibu headphones as a way of demonstrating how consumer electronics do not have to be disposable items. The customisable headphones have a simple, modular design that is intended to be easily assembled by the wearer.
Each Kibu component can be easily replaced or recycled. Its plastic components are formed from recycled PLA made from agricultural packaging waste, printed on demand in a wide range of colours. The headphones themselves are wired, cutting down on circuitry and complexity, with a soft Thermoplastic Polyurethane headband and foam ear cups.
The packaging, created by Studio Don, which also designed the branding, is naturally fully recyclable, and the whole approach is one of playful simplicity.
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| Morrama and Batch.Works |
Adding to their sustainability and eco-credentials, Batch.Works is a low-volume manufacturing service, which builds products on demand using only "circular" materials meaning all of the material used in the manufacture is certified recycled. Batch.Works are also committed to re-manufacturing, renewing, dissembling and recycling at the end of the product’s lifespan.
Batch.Works will take back the headphones once they’re no longer required and reuse the materials to make new ones. Even the circuit boards are designed to be easily broken down so that precious metals can be recovered.
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