An architectural artwork and a provocation. 

This is how the 'Home Truth' exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria is described, and saveBOARD Exposed features proudly as a “not only beautiful but environmentally friendly” wall lining.

The distinctive surface of saveBOARD Exposed was recently selected for the 'Home Truth' exhibition by Melbourne studio Breathe at the National Gallery of Victoria. The sustainable credentials along with the colour and organic texture made for a perfect wall lining in an exhibition pointing out the fact that Australians now build and live in the biggest homes in the world. The exhibit demonstrates how space can be used lazily or cleverly and is “intended as a provocation to audiences, inviting them to consider new and sustainable ways of building homes and the positive lifestyle changes they may enable”.⁠ On deconstruction in April 2025 the timber will be reused to build actual houses and the Exposed linings will be re-manufactured into new boards to be used again.

Made from recycled food and beverage cartons, aka tetra pak, and soft plastics, saveBOARD comes in four standard colours with custom coloured options also available. Shredded particles of packaging can be seen through the clear recycled LDPE surface of Blue and Waitoa or disguised by a solid LDPE face of White Noise and Black. Unique custom-coloured boards are popular, created by using customer supplied feedstock or by using a custom coloured LDPE film on the face.

“Customers are always really excited to find such a unusual, fun and interesting circular solution to reuse their end of life materials,” says Paula Wallace, Specification Manager for saveBOARD. Recent custom boards for wall linings and ceiling tiles have utilised old annual reports and brochures, unlucky lotto tickets, plant tags and envelopes. This provides on-brand colour but also a wonderful circular story that saveBOARD customers are proud to share and show everyone.

Theres the designer option as well. If seeing shredded packaging or annual reports in building materials isn’t your gig but you want to support a sustainable solution then betterJOINERY Ultima Laminate is for you. The latest win-win partnership with Botica Group sees saveBOARD used as a sustainable, circular substrate for designer high pressure laminates that can be used to manufacture office, kitchen and bathroom cabinetry and furniture.

Paula comments that, “The exposed edge is so interesting and generates instant comment and appreciation,” or a 1mm PVC edge tape is also available. The new betterJOINERY Ultima Laminate provides an on-trend truly circular solution that diverts waste, saves carbon and is 100% recyclable at end-of-life. saveBOARD is interesting, engaging, circular AND to send it home, the price is very competitive!