A university graduate’s project has made a bid to turn millions of wasted courier uniforms into sustainable and fashionable bags. Angus Clifford, who graduated from the University of Brighton this summer with a degree in Product Design, teamed up with Tom Meades, co-founder and chief designer at gomi, to bring his final year project to life. Every year millions of courier uniforms for companies including Deliveroo, Just East, Uber Eats are handed out, most of which ultimately end up in landfill.
Angus’s project focused on finding a sustainable response to this waste challenge. The bags are handmade at Plus X Innovation in Brighton (Image: University of Brighton) His collection of bags made from waste uniforms caught the eye of Tom Meades, who is another graduate from the university, with a degree in 3D design and craft. Tom approached Angus with the offer to collaborate with gomi on a range of wearable bags to hold the gomi power banks as well as other every day tech.
In 2018, Tom was a finalist in a University of Brighton 'bright ideas' contest and visited 10 Downing Street to discuss student entrepreneurship. The Brighton-based company gained global recognition in 2023, after showing at Paris Fashion Week and now being stocked by several stores across the world including Design Museum and Goodhood in the UK, and Museum of the Future in Dubai. Tom’s gomi is well-known for its sustainability-led consumer electronics products such as the gomi speaker and the gomi power b.