Events and Exhibitions

Crafting Sustainable Exhibits: the Role of Recycled Plastic Sheets in Event Design

Custom PET 12mm. Somerset House. Designer: Studio INI

Events and Exhibitions

Crafting Sustainable Exhibits: the Role of Recycled Plastic Sheets in Event Design

Heron in colour washes 12mm. SDS23, Business Design Centre London

What goes up, must come down...

Temporary exhibitions require significant resources, often including bespoke materials for each exhibition. Our recycled plastic panels create flexible, short-term spaces with a circular approach to design. In 2023, Smile Plastics partnered with Surface Design Show, pushing production boundaries with functional, movable Heron-coloured materials. After the show, all materials were reused, repurposed, and reimagined, closing the design loop.

Alba 12mm. Science Museum, London. Engineers Gallery
Alba 12mm. Science Museum, London. Engineers Gallery
Alba 12mm. KUF Studios. Fay McCaul x Kia Utzon Frank Installation
Alba 12mm. KUF Studios. Fay McCaul x Kia Utzon Frank Installation
Custom PET 12mm. Somerset House. Designer: Studio INI
Custom PET 12mm. Somerset House. Designer: Studio INI
Custom HIPS and Charcoal. Wallpaper Design
Custom HIPS 12mm. ECAL 2017 More Rules For Modern Life

Milk: Wellcome Collection show explores dairy's dark side

A major new exhibition at the Wellcome Collection, London, exploring our relationship with milk and its place in politics, society and culture. Smile Plastics materials were deployed to create a slatted wall and surface finishes for plinths and signage.

Spectra 12mm. ‘Milk' Wellcome Collection, London / Steven Pocock, 2023.