Spared Turns Waste Coat Hangers + Sugar Cane Into the XOU Light
Spared turned waste into the XOU Light comprising ?X? ?O? and ?U? shapes that stand for ?hug and a kiss? (XO) for you (U).
Spared is a start-up from the team behind design studio and creative agency Volume Creative ? it’s a creative service that works with businesses to turn their waste into beautiful objects and they’ve just launched their first product which is available to consumers ? the XOU Light. We spoke to co-founder Callie Tedder-Hares (below, second from right) to find out more…
Tell me a little bit about your childhood, education, and background in terms of how you first became interested in creativity, design, and sustainability.
I grew up surrounded by trees on a lake in rural New Jersey in a small two-bedroom bungalow built by my grandfather. I shared a tiny bedroom with my two sisters, complete with a triple bunk bed, designed and built by my dad. My parents grew all our vegetables and I spent my childhood planting, weeding, and harvesting our food. They instilled in me a deep respect for nature from an early age and this has influenced my approach to responsible design and, in particular, biophilic design. Our family home is laced from floor to ceiling with eclectic objects, all carefully curated by my mother. I have fond memories of dipping my hands into jars of antique buttons, inspecting them one at a time ? their patterns, their shapes ? and then organizing them into color-coded piles. I am captivated by objects; I love how ...
Spared is a start-up from the team behind design studio and creative agency Volume Creative ? it’s a creative service that works with businesses to turn their waste into beautiful objects and they’ve just launched their first product which is available to consumers ? the XOU Light. We spoke to co-founder Callie Tedder-Hares (below, second from right) to find out more…
Tell me a little bit about your childhood, education, and background in terms of how you first became interested in creativity, design, and sustainability.
I grew up surrounded by trees on a lake in rural New Jersey in a small two-bedroom bungalow built by my grandfather. I shared a tiny bedroom with my two sisters, complete with a triple bunk bed, designed and built by my dad. My parents grew all our vegetables and I spent my childhood planting, weeding, and harvesting our food. They instilled in me a deep respect for nature from an early age and this has influenced my approach to responsible design and, in particular, biophilic design. Our family home is laced from floor to ceiling with eclectic objects, all carefully curated by my mother. I have fond memories of dipping my hands into jars of antique buttons, inspecting them one at a time ? their patterns, their shapes ? and then organizing them into color-coded piles. I am captivated by objects; I love how ...
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