In mid 2017, Fabrique Publique started researching into the possibility of reusing broken and/or discarded ceramics as a valuable resource for new tableware. Usually, once a plate, mug or cup is broken, it is thrown into the waste bin where it goes to the incinerator, a loss of valuable materials which can be reused.

With ‘Remake ceramics’, Fabrique Publique uses the waste material and creates new products. Their first tests with recycled ceramics are applied to a new set of tableware called ‘Future history’. The tableware shows what recycled content means for tactility and outlook of the designs. The tableware itself is based on simple geometrical shapes and aims to encourage people to share food. The different plates fit together, but can also be used separately both as plates and as serving trays.

The plates contain between 5 and 10% of recycled material. and have been used in the two star restaurant ‘De Lindehof’ in Nuenen (NL. In September 2018, further research was undertaken amongst others to stretch the boundaries of how much recycled material can be added and the application to vases was carried out. Both the tests and the products have been made with porcelain and stoneware clay and were presented as ‘Nature Calling’ which shows what recycled content means for tactility and outlook of the designs. The vases are organically shaped, referring to the beauty of nature.