Simon is a practising Product Design teacher who completed his MA in his spare time. He devised StickBrick as a classroom exercise for design and technology students to raise awareness of waste and sustainability. He collected around 20,000 chopsticks from a local restaurant, which were cleaned, sterilised and engineered into stable uniform blocks – strong enough for even a small table, which took 10,000 chopsticks. Says Simon: “Such projects can link schools with communities, and foster craft-based learning.” And - beyond the classroom - there are wider and important implications for the creative use of waste. Simon also offers a repair/restoration service for cricket bats.

MA Product & Furniture Design, Kingston School of Art
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