Queer Quartz Designs

Queer Quartz brings new life into old textiles by transforming them into durable home goods.

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About the Founder or Team

M is an artist, designer, and qualitative researcher living in Washington, DC. They create a line of recycled textile home goods called Queer Quartz Designs. They also have a human centered design practice called Curb Cut Design Studio. Through Curb Cut, they co-create accessible, community-based direct services in the Washington, DC area.

Production Process

When old t-shirts and other unwanted clothing items are donated to charities, the vast majority end up in landfills--where they pollute greenhouse gasses--or shipped to countries in the Global South where they decimate local economies. Queer Quartz brings new life into old textiles by transforming them into durable home goods like hand crocheted rugs, pet beds, baskets, and wall hangings.

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