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Within limits

Furniture and objects from industrial waste

Delta chair — © Joris Wintgens

OFFSITE presents Within Limits, a furniture collection made from industrial waste. It investigates how scarcity can shape new forms, using rejected materials as the foundation for functional design. The result is a collection that redefines circular design as a system rooted in collaboration.

Designing with scarcity

Within Limits is an ongoing design investigation by OFFSITE into the creative potential of industrial waste. Each object in the collection is shaped not by trend or personal preference, but by constraint. Aluminium profiles with scratches, rejected stair treads, surplus wood panels, instead of hiding imperfections, their design process begins with them. These limitations form the foundation of the collection, pushing material and form toward new logic and function.

Industrial collaboration

The collection was developed in close collaboration with industrial and municipal partners such as Hydro, Staco Nederland, Volta Energy, Brainport Assemblers and the Municipality of Eindhoven. These partners provide more than materials, they offer context, production capability and proximity. By working within a short-chain network, OFFSITE builds a model where waste is not discarded but re-integrated, with full traceability from offcut to object. The collaboration enables low-impact manufacturing grounded in what’s already present in the region.

Circular and scalable

The goal of Within Limits is not to create isolated design experiments, but a scalable and repairable collection for real interiors. Each product is designed for disassembly, constructed from clean material streams, and documented with full material transparency. Collaborations with designers Zowa Rindt, Structural Aspect and Rik Frans Jansen bring different perspectives to the same principle: letting constraints drive the design. The result is a series of furniture pieces that don’t just accommodate limitation, but are defined by it.

About Offsite

OFFSITE is a design label based in Eindhoven that transforms industrial waste into scalable furniture and interior objects. Founded by Joris Wintgens, OFFSITE collaborates with manufacturers and designers to create functional, repairable and transparent products using reclaimed materials. By starting with what already exists, OFFSITE challenges traditional supply chains and proves that circular design and local production can go hand in hand.

Soft Side Up Bench — © Joris Wintgens

Vase_01 Raw and Polished — © Joris Wintgens

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