From Trash to Treasure: The Table Book That Tells Our Climate Tech Story

We didn’t start Hamilton Perkins Collection [Techstars '24] with a finished roadmap—we started with trash. What problems could we solve? Discarded vinyl. Bottles no one wanted. Scraps we saw potential in. What we did not have in precedent, we made up for in belief: that good design could be sustainable, and sustainability could be beautiful.

Those early days were scrappy. We made bags, shipped them ourselves, and talked directly with customers. It wasn’t about trends. It was about building something meaningful—something circular. We asked harder questions: What could a product become if it was designed from waste? How might the supply chain shift if we made materials with intention, not extraction?

Years later, that same energy carries us through partnerships, platforms, and prototypes. Pharrell Williams' Black Ambition gave us the backing to build uninterrupted. The Price Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation, UCLA Anderson School of Management Draper Innovation Showcase provided a stage and a structure that cultivated our work and connected us to investors who believed in our long-term vision. We’ve had the chance to refine our model inside some of the most respected climate tech and innovation communities in the world.

Programs like LabStart and Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI) gave us space to sharpen how we scale material solutions. The National Science Foundation (NSF) I-Corps at NC State Wilson College of Textiles program helped us validate the demand behind the science. And through those experiences, we built a new kind of supply chain—one that connects global waste to global brands.

We’ve presented from Vinyl Week to Paris, joined Change Chemistry innovation roundtables at Nike, been named a Deep Tech Pioneer by Hello Tomorrow, and selected by Techstars powered by J.P. Morgan to take our vision further. But even as we’ve grown, our foundation stays the same: use what’s been thrown away. Design for impact. Make things people actually care about.

And now, we’re telling that story—cover to cover.

We’re releasing a collector’s table book that documents the earliest chapters of Hamilton Perkins Collection [Techstars '24]. It’s a behind-the-scenes archive of where we started, how we built, and what we learned. You’ll find sketches, unreleased samples, lab notes, comments and the thinking behind our materials and design process. It’s equal parts artifact and blueprint.

If you’ve followed the journey—or if you’re building one of your own—we invite you to pre-order the Hamilton Perkins Collection table book today.
It’s not just a product. It’s a record of what’s possible when you design with waste and lead with purpose.

Pre-order now. Be part of the story.