RK Collective is an award-winning, female-led design and innovation collective, shaping products, systems, and experiences that drive cultural relevance, circularity, and social impact.
We transform your sustainability goals into circular product strategies that drive long-term value. By applying circular economy principles from early concept to end-of-life planning, we help you design for regeneration, boosting resilience, reducing waste, and unlocking growth.
We bring your ESG strategies to life by designing products that are ethical, functional, and future-fit. From ideation to execution, we combine systems thinking, concept development, and manufacturing knowledge to deliver measurable social and environmental outcomes.
We co-create with communities to embed cultural insight, lived experience, and equity into the design process. Through hands-on workshops and shared decision making, we deliver inclusive, place-based outcomes that build connection and drive meaningful impact.
Crafted Liberation by RK Collective transforms Iranian women’s unwanted headscarves into stadium seats, symbolising empowerment in the face of oppression. Through this collective action, we celebrate creativity, resilience, and create spaces for acceptance, dialogue and belonging.
Assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body.
Sustainable product
strategy
Cultural Textiles
In collaboration with manufacturing partners, we’ve developed a new composite material that combines recycled textiles and polymers. This material is used in our project, Crafted Liberation to demonstrate how wastes can be turned into unique, meaningful products that drive environmental and social impact.
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Circular Sydney
We contributed to the design chapter of Circular Sydney, an online publication spotlighting businesses driving the circular economy. Our collaboration provides strategic insights into sustainable product innovation, emerging manufacturing trends and future-focused product development.
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Wasteland
In partnership with ReCo Digital, we designed 2,500 recycled spheres from marine debris for Wasteland, a large-scale installation at Sydney Customs House. This project catalysed commercial adoption of marine debris recycling, inspiring new solutions for ocean waste management.
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Right to Repair (confidential)
We are currently developing a new modular consumer electronic product and a comprehensive system that spans the entire product lifecycle—from selecting sustainable materials and optimising production processes to ensuring products are fully repairable, easily disassemblable and recyclable.
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Product design &
innovation
Zoomo One
Zoomo is a global leader in the last-mile delivery and micro mobility space. As part of the in-house design team, we co-designed with delivery riders, mechanics and fleet managers, Zoomo One is an electric bike that places experience, safety, connectivity and serviceability at front-of-mind.
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Phillips Avent Comfort Single Electric Breast Pump
As part of Philips Avent’s in-house innovation team, we led the product development from concept to market. Leveraging design thinking and data analytics, the result improved comfort for breastfeeding mothers while minimising environmental impact through increased durability and longevity.
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Zoomo Cargo
Co-designed with riders, mechanics and fleet managers, the Zoomo Cargo Box features a quick-release platform, lightweight and stackable design, optimised stability, internal organisation and a keyless lock. It boosts rider confidence and enhances operational efficiency.
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Co-design for
social impact
Circular Quay Renewal – Visitor Customer Experience Design
Partnering with Maynard, we applied a Human-Centred Design approach to shape public spaces. Co-designing with the community, we identified key insights and tackled challenges early on. By prototyping and testing with real users, we ensured that the final spaces were not only functional, but also inclusive, sustainable and impactful for the long term.
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