Every year, thousands of worn-out workwear uniforms are collected, retired, and discarded, their story ending in landfill. This project asks what happens if it doesn't.

Using decommissioned uniforms supplied through ELIS, a leading textile service company and key partner in the material supply chain, discarded workwear is given a second life as acoustic panels, transforming the dense, layered fabric into a high-performing sound-absorbing material. The result is a product that doesn't just reduce noise, it carries history: the worn fibres of industries, trades, and working lives recomposed into something functional, considered, and quietly beautiful.

It sits at the intersection of circular design, material honesty, and workplace environments, proving that the most interesting raw material is often the one we were about to throw away.