Toasted.
The story begins with an ordinary toaster, which you probably also have in your home kitchen. But instead of toasted bread, the young industrial designers, Nina Mršnik and Nuša Jelenec, melted waste plastic in the toaster. Yes, you read that right.
Nuša and Nina wanted to create their own material, with the philosophy of reuse, from which they would make a desk. They needed a table for a sales exhibition of products by young Slovenian designers called 'Pop-Up dom'. It is 2013, when an experiment with a toaster gives rise to a new, innovative material - baked plastic... And Toasted begins to emerge from it.
Countless attempts later, today we can offer you products that command attention wherever they appear. Because they are Toasted. Funky products created out of concern for the environment. Toasted. From scrap to baked plastic. Toasted. From baked plastic to original products. Toasted. Useful and beautiful. Toasted. Relentlessly functional and artistically relentless. Toasted. How crazy good is that?
Today, Toasted no longer uses a toaster in the home kitchen, but a machine that we developed and perfected with the aim of being able to create the best possible products from our own materials. Meet ‘The Machine'!
Toasted challenges uniqueness and sends durable, noticeable and fun pieces into the world that make an impression. All Toasted products are handcrafted and no two products are identical. We also promise that Toasted will never bore you.
Find your Toasted product in our store or chat with us about custom made product options.
Toasted. Original baked plastic products.
ABOUT THE FOUNDERS OF TOASTED PLASTIC SURGERY ;)
Nina Mršnik graduated from the Venice University of Architecture, majoring in industrial design. She also studied in Aveiro, Portugal, majoring in visual communication and art. She holds an MA in Product Design from the Royal College of Art in London. During her studies, she worked at Fabrika, Benetton's research center. She is also the co-owner of the company Kobeiagi kilims, which deals in Bosnian kilims and draws portraits.
Nuša Jelenec graduated in industrial design from the Academy of Fine Arts and Design of the University of Ljubljana. She completed her studies at HDK - School of Design and Crafts, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. After completing her studies, she gained work experience at the Italian furniture company Lago, for which she also designed the Col-letto bed and received the Elle decoration international design award for it. Since 2009, he has been working independently and within different groups on various projects, from industrial, interior design, event design and sustainable design.
COLOPHON
Text: Creative Nomads
Photography: Nataša Košmerl
Visual identity, Design: Mainly Afternoon
Development: Giorgos Tsiongas
© Toasted, 2023
