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Materials Reimagined. Designed to Inspire.

Smile Plastics is a materials design and manufacturing house creating hand crafted, supersized panels for retail, architecture, interiors and product design.

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The materials in our Classics Collection are 100% recycled and recyclable, made from would-be waste, such as discarded chopping boards, cosmetics bottles and yogurt pots. Each sustainable material has been tried and tested in a wide range of applications.

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Blend a Custom sustainable material with us. We are trusted by a diverse set of clients - from iconic brands to freelance designers and artists to create personalised recycled panels from a range of different waste streams, across a wide variety of colour palettes.

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CUTTING AND FINISHING

We offer a cutting and finishing service on all our materials from design concept to production ready. We can cut simple profiles through to more complex patterns or detailed shapes.

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We can work on any scale of project from prototyping and one-off commissions to small and larger batch production. Please get in touch to talk about your project.

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We offer a range of finishes on all our materials. You can choose from a large selection of edge finishes and details. If you have a particular detail you are looking for, do let us know.

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“We first discovered Smile Plastics at London Design Festival about five years ago! They have such cool material, and it has endless possibilities. We love to bring our clients unique, beautiful, and eco materials, and Smile is just perfect. If you are considering using it, we would say go for it! We can’t recommend it enough!”

2LG studio

“You just wanna smile... we have used @smileplastics for some furniture and displays in the new Pieces shop in Odense opening tomorrow.“

@reinholdt_rud

“Recycling never looked so good.“

CNN

“Instagram Picks: the best sustainable homeware brands to follow.”

The Modern House

“The hardest decision to make will be which Smile Plastics design to choose.“

Modulr Space

“We often get asked exactly what this material is in our shop... It gets confused with marble, but it’s anything but.“

@easternbiological

“I worked in two places that used their materials for tables in the restaurant and workbenches in cafes. Plastic is sexy. ;)“

@patronoxford

“We couldn’t have been happier with Smile Plastics - An absolutely AMAZING modern, sustainable product. It’s so versatile and is a great example of how stylish recycled materials can be.“

Crate Brewery

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