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Heliograf

About Heliograf

Heliograf is an award-winning collaboration between Angus Ware and Jeffrey Simpson, based in Sydney, Australia.

Our Design Story

We live on the coast and have seen first-hand the shocking impact plastic is having on our oceans, marine life and people.

Our product Light Soy is a statement on the iconic single-use soy fish. The cute little soy fish are an environmental disaster – lethal to marine life and birds, and potentially contributing microplastics to our food supply. This is sadly ironic given their shape.

We set out to highlight single-use plastic and make a difference.

After years of design and development the result is Light Soy – a charming lamp made with recycled ocean-bound plastic that directly funds plastic cleanups.

Since inception, we've funded the removal of over 30 tons of plastic from the environment, in the places most affected by ocean plastic pollution.

But it's just the start... help us put an end to single-use plastic when eating sushi. Reduce, reuse, recycle.

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Award-winning design

We've been featured in The New Yorker, Dezeen, Architectural Digest, Apartment Therapy, The Australian Financial Review & more, and won a Gold Good Design Award.

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Our Mission: Design for Good

Design

We design our products with
environmental footprint, resources, reuse and recycling at heart,
inspired by the circular economy model.

Materials

Our products are made with sustainable materials like recycled ocean-bound plastic, or fully compostable materials.

Funding Action

As well as using recycled materials in our products, we fund an extra cleanup of 2kg of plastic for each lamp sold.

Packaging

We use plastic-free, compostable materials for all our packaging and design for minimal waste whenever possible.

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Our Impact

Since we launched Light Soy, we've been responsible for the cleanup of over 30 tonnes of plastic, equal to 30 million soy fish packets. Laid end-to-end, this many packets would span the length of Honshu, Japan's main island!

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Ocean-Bound Plastic

Our products use certified recycled ocean-bound plastic, a material that prevents ocean pollution and funds better waste management where it has the most impact.

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Cleanups

We've partnered with Seven Clean Seas to clean up the areas most affected by plastic pollution, and prevent ocean plastic.

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Resources

Check out our resources on the history of the soy sauce fish packet, the environmental issues they present, and how you can make a difference.

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