Alkaline

Some things just settle into a room like they were always meant to be there.

The Gathered light in Harvest — cast in a water-based resin and gypsum, pleated form, warm light. Designed to live alongside the things you love.

Alkaline Studio · Howick, KZN

The brick that built the wall, now lights the room.

Pendant 01 is cast from brick rubble, bound in cement.

We collect what demolition leaves behind. We crush it, cast it, and let it speak for itself.

WAYST by Alkaline. Objects made from what the world left behind.

Thank you for featuring the WAYST Pendant Light 01 in Vol. 128 — the Design Issue. Cast from crushed brick reclaimed from local demolition sites, it's a piece we're really proud of. 🖤

From broken bricks to an award-winning pendant.

Wayst Pendant 01 is a Winner at the 2026 in Product Design — Furniture & Lighting.

The jury captured it simply: waste is not weakness. It is an opportunity. That has always been the thinking behind Wayst — reclaimed material, considered craft, nothing wasted.

To be recognised alongside so many talented designers from across the continent is a real honour. African design is in good hands, and we are proud to be part of that conversation.

Thank you to the AIDA jury and team for the work you do in championing design on this continent. And thank you to everyone who has supported Wayst from the beginning.

Gathered.

To gather — to fold, to bloom, to collect.

A name that carries more than one meaning. The gathering of pleats in cloth. Of petals around a stem. But also the sense of things brought together, collected, assembled. A light made to be collected.

The shade fans outward from a single point — sitting somewhere between a folded fabric and an opened flower, without fully settling into either. Viewed from above it reads as a bloom. Hung and lit, it settles into something softer. Closer to folded cloth than open flower.

Available in Powder Blue, Sandstone, Maroon and Harvest — each with a colour-matched textile cord and components by the wonderful

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A few more WAYST pendants are on their way to finding their home. Each one packed with its object record, its provenance, its number — because what is discarded carries its own history. Find them now at

A place for things to land.

The Slab — brutalist resin, softened edges, built to hold your everyday rituals. Pencils, keys, a moment of stillness. Whatever needs a home.

Available in five colours. Shop via link in bio.

A simple form, reimagined for the wall.
The frosted resin hook brings softness to a functional object — holding what you need, without excess.

Lightweight in appearance, durable in use.
Designed to live quietly in your space.

More than just an object of form, the vertical soap dish is built with function at its core.
Its upright design allows water to drain away, keeping soap dry and extending its lifespan.

Compact and sculptural, it makes use of vertical space — a considered solution for smaller surfaces.

Part of the Monolithic collection. Designed to work together, effortlessly.