Sungai Design

Sungai Design is an Indonesian design brand that turns river waste into one-of-a-kind furniture and objects. The material is reclaimed from rivers across the archipelago and upcycled into pieces such as the Ombak lounger and seater, the Uma seater, and the Muara bench and stool, all made to order and finished in colours that follow the character of the recovered plastic rather than hiding it.

The material comes from the brand’s sister organisation Sungai Watch, a non-profit that intercepts and recovers waste from Indonesia’s most polluted rivers. With an estimated 80% of ocean pollution originating in rivers, the team works at the source: over 400 floating barriers have been installed across the country and more than 4,000,000 kg of waste collected. Sungai Design exists to fund that cleanup by giving the material a second life.