Tom won the Ro Plastic Prize in the Responsible Innovation Category for his Gomi speakers business he set up soon after graduating in 2017 with 3D Design and Craft BA(Hons), realising a vision to turn waste plastic shopping bags into chic high-spec Bluetooth speakers powered by old e-bike batteries.
The Gomi speakers will be exhibited at a design museum in Qatar as the world’s first consumer tech product made from, and completely powered by, waste products including 100 plastic bags. The pretiguous Milan award was named after world-renowned design collector Rossana Orlandi. The award is part of an international project Guiltless Plastic, aimed at promoting projects that offer a solution to the environmental impacts of plastic waste which makes up 85% of the pollution on our beaches around the world.
Tom said: “The Gomi speakers show the potential of using waste plastic in products instead of polluting our landfills and the ocean! I started the Gomi Speaker project in my final year on 3D Design and Craft at The University of Brighton.
