Morrama, a London-based creative agency, has partnered with circular manufacturing company Batch.Works to develop adaptable kids' headphones. Emphasizing sustainability and cost-effectiveness, the design features replaceable and recyclable components, allowing for the product to last longer. The silhouette can also "grow with the child from age five to eleven."
The adaptable kids' headphones by Morrama and Batch.Works are called Kibu. The main body of the product is made from 3D-printed filament using waste PLA, "which is a plant-based, biodegradable plastic." This material is sourced from the Netherlands and created by Reflow. For now, the "headband is printed with virgin material" but efforts are being made to develop a recycled version in the future. Batch.Works is also working on making the printed circuit board material soluble for easy disassembly.
Image Credit: Morrama x Batch.Works
Key Themes Behind This Trend
- Adaptable Kids' Headphones
- The Kibu design by Morrama and Batch.Works features replaceable and recyclable components, offering a disruptive innovation opportunity in the children's headphones market.
- Sustainable Product Design
- The use of 3D-printed filament made from waste PLA and efforts to develop recycled materials provide a disruptive opportunity for sustainable product design in various industries.
- Circular Manufacturing
- The collaboration between Morrama and Batch.Works showcases a disruptive innovation opportunity for circular manufacturing practices in the consumer electronics industry.
Where This Applies
- Children's Headphones
- The adaptable design of Kibu offers a disruptive innovation opportunity in the children's headphones industry.
- Consumer Electronics
- The sustainable and circular manufacturing approach of Kibu presents a disruptive innovation opportunity in the consumer electronics industry.
- 3D Printing
- The use of 3D-printed filament and the development of soluble circuit board material create disruptive innovation opportunities in the 3D printing industry.
