WAYST
by Alkaline
"What is discarded carries its own history. Our work is simply to listen."
Reframing waste as memory, material, and design
Designer Chelsea Makin, founder of Alkaline, expanded her practice with Wayst — pronounced "waste" — in collaboration with her husband, Andrew Makin.
Each object in WAYST begins with what is often discarded: rubble from a demolition site, fragments of a wall, offcuts from industrial processes.
We learn by making — and let the material ask the question.
"What is discarded carries its own history. Our work is simply to listen."
WAYST is an ongoing collection by Alkaline that explores the design potential of discarded materials — treating remnants of the built environment as raw material with future value.
"Brick, steel, concrete — materials that held walls, now holding light."
Material Stories · Collection One
Cast from crushed brick
The studio's first pendant lamp is cast from crushed brick reclaimed from local demolition sites.
Pendant Light 02
A second pendant variation exploring the same material language in a different form.
Terrazzo from salvaged brick
A collaboration with Cape Town-based studio The Minimalist. Terrazzo slabs cast by Alkaline from salvaged brick waste, paired with a raw stainless steel base.
Side Table 02
A second table continuing the exploration of brick terrazzo and custom moulding.