Every inch the product for our times, American singer Pharrell Williams has created the Pebble, a reusable cutlery set made from recycled CDs and food packaging.
Pebble by Otherware comprises of chopsticks, a knife, fork, spoon, and a straw, all of which fold down and can be stored in a colourful and compact 105 millimetre by 52mm by 54mm case.
The product is a collaboration between Williams's creative collective, I Am Other, and design company Pentatonic.
It is billed as a way to "stay safe and sustainable in a modern world", ensuring that you're using your own clean cutlery, rather than the single-use options currently being offered by many global outlets amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Pentatonic says the product "provides peace of mind in regards to personal hygiene".
The description reads: "Weighing the same as a smartphone, the Pebble comes in a mash of pastel colours made to catch the eye. Each pebble comes with a custom clip to hang your Pebble from a belt loop or bag strap. Each utensil can hang solo off the clip, too, for times you only need a fork or spoon."
Appropriately, given Williams's career as a singer and producer, the product is "made from music" with the case crafted out of recycled CDs. That is not the only eco-friendly element, as the handles have been made from recycled food packaging and the cutlery's tips are anodised titanium-coated steel. The set can be widely recycled when users have finished with them, or traded back to Otherware, to be made into new products.
Both Pentatonic and Williams have a history of using eco materials in their designs.
Pentatonic has previously made drinking glasses from broken smartphone screens, chairs from textile factory off-cuts and wallets from plastic bottles. In October 2018, they were spotlighted by department store, Selfridges London and named Conscious Creators.
In August 2015, Williams's collaboration with clothing company G Star Raw was entirely made with fabric crafted from ocean plastic.
The Pebble is available for €55 (Dh227) from www.otherware.co
