540beds across Australia
11communities
20kgHDPE design mass per bed

Products overview

What we make, and how it works

The bed, how to put it together, how it is made, the washing machine and the places that make them, all in one place.

  • A family on a Stretch Bed, up off the ground, Utopia Homelands
  • Community members building beds together at Utopia
  • Men standing over a finished bed in Maningrida
  • Recycled plastic flake poured for pressing
  • The washing machine in community
  • A family with their new bed on Palm Island
  • The bed

    The Stretch Bed

    200 × 95 × 57cm, made from recycled plastic, steel and canvas.

  • Put it together

    Assembling the Stretch Bed

    Step by step, with no tools, in about 5 minutes.

  • How it is made

    From plastic to bed

    Plastic is collected, shredded, pressed into sheets and cut into legs.

  • The washing machine

    Pakkimjalki Kari

    Named in Warumungu by Elder Dianne Stokes. A prototype, working in several communities.

  • Making in community

    Facilities

    A plant that makes beds close to where they are used, on a pathway to community ownership.

  • Open plans

    The Basket Bed

    Our first design. The plans are free to download and build.

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