People in England dispose of over £150 million worth of items each year when moving home. Re-Nest is a packing kit designed to redirect that waste, developed by a six-person multidisciplinary student team at UAL/KIT in response to a brief on Waste and Consumption, working with Camberwell Society, Community Tech Aid, and The Remakery.

The project began with an autoethnographic observation: as international students facing an imminent move to Japan, the team turned the lens on themselves and their own neighbourhood. Primary research was conducted through a participatory pop-up booth at Camberwell Farmers Market, where over 100 residents shared their habits, anxieties, and desires around moving and waste. The kit that emerged is aimed at adults on short-term leases, designed to be distributed by landlords and estate agencies one month before a move, and built to connect residents with local repair and reuse networks.

The research and prototype were documented in a short film pitched to local real estate agencies.