🐉 From Central Saint Martins to Dragon’s Den.
BA (Hons) Product and Industrial Design graduate Sam Beaney takes on the Dragons, pitching Kibu @kibu.family , modular headphones designed to educate, empower and challenge throwaway tech.
📡 Watch it unfold at 8pm GMT on BBC One.
Founder and CEO: Sam Beaney @beaneydesign
Product design and development: Morrama @morramadesign
Manufacture: Batch.Works @batch.works
Kibu Children's Headphones by Morrama and Batch Works (@morramadesign@batch.works ) has won Dezeen Awards 2025 sustainable design of the year.
According to the sustainability master jury; "these circular children's headphones turn their sustainable credentials – the fact that they can be easily assembled and disassembled for recycling – into a teachable moment."
"By allowing kids to construct their own headphones, they encourage a future generation of designers to learn about how things are made and how they could be made more sustainably."
Read more about all the winning sustainability projects from the link in our bio.
We are over the moon to share that Kibu has been named one of Dezeen’s Best Designs of 2025! 🎉🚀
They loved that our headphones allow little hands to build, break, and fix things again. Proving that caring for the planet can be full of wonder (and have zero fiddly screws!).
To everyone building and repairing with us: thank you!
#Kibu #DezeenAwards #SustainableDesign #STEMForKids #CircularEconomy #KidsHeadphones #BuildRepairRecycle
We’re Kibu, and we make the only children’s headphones you can build, repair, and recycle.
Our headphones come as a simple STEM kit that turns everyday listening into a hands-on learning adventure. With a little help from grown-ups, kids can build their own pair, learn how they work, and take pride in something they made themselves.
👂 Volume-safe for little ears
🛠️ Super easy to build – no fiddly wires, screws or glue
♻️ 3D printed from recycled bioplastic that comes from plants like corn
🔧 Made to be repaired, not thrown away
Kibu headphones are designed with love to spark curiosity, encourage creativity, and make learning fun for kids and grown-ups alike.
🎉 We won! 🎉
Kibu has been named Sustainable Design of the Year by Dezeen Awards 2025! 🏆🌍
These amazing headphones started with a simple idea: what if kids could build their own tech and fix it too? The judges loved how Kibu makes sustainability part of the fun, turning building and repairing into a hands-on learning adventure. 💡🔧
With easy-to-snap-together parts, no fiddly wires, and a design made to last, Kibu is more than just a pair of headphones. It’s a project, a lesson, and a celebration of curiosity all in one.
Thank you to everyone who’s supported us on this journey. Here's to more learning, building and caring for our planet together 💚
#KibuHeadphones #DezeenAwards #SustainableDesign #BuildRepairRecycle #STEMforkids #EcoFriendlyTech
🎉 BIG news from Kibu HQ! 🎉
We’ve just won Dezeen’s Sustainable Design of the Year Award and we couldn’t be prouder! 🌍✨ This award celebrates design that’s kind to the planet and made to last which is exactly what Kibu is all about. Thank you for being part of our journey 💛
🎄 Come see us at the Christmas Markets! 🎄
We’re popping up in Wimbledon and Mile End and we’d love to say hi in person! Come try out the headphones, see how they’re made, or grab a pair in time for gifting 🎁
📍 Wimbledon – The Piazza, Broadway
🗓 27th, 28th Nov & 4th Dec | 12pm–7pm
📍 Mile End – The Eco Pavilion
🗓 29th Nov | 11am–5pm
✨ Black Friday Treat – Personalise your Kibu!
Use code BF-ENGRAVING25 at checkout for FREE headband engraving – only until 4th December!
Whether you’re new to Kibu or already part of the family, there’s lots to celebrate. Let’s build something wonderful together 💚
#KibuHeadphones #BuildRepairRecycle #SustainableDesign #DezeenAwards #ChristmasMarkets #BlackFridayDeal #STEMfun #PlanetFriendlyPlay
Our first Kibu Club Workshop is complete! 🎉
A room full of curious kids, learning about sound and building their own headphones from start to finish. We may also have set a new world record for the longest daisy chain of headphones! 14 children connected together, guessing songs and animal sounds 🎧🐘🎶
We’re all about creativity, repair and sustainability. Showing kids that making things is way more fun than just buying them 💪
Huge thank you to everyone who joined us for this first build. We can’t wait for the next one! 🌱
✨ We’ve been shortlisted for not one but two Dezeen Awards! ✨
Kibu is up for Product Design (Consumer Design) and Sustainable Design — and we couldn’t be prouder.
This means so much to us. It’s recognition of what we’ve been building: safe, repairable headphones for kids that are made from recycled materials and designed to be fixed, not thrown away.
It shows that great design isn’t just about how something looks, but how it works, how it’s made, and what it teaches.
Thanks to the Dezeen jury and everyone supporting what Kibu stands for. We’re honoured to be shortlisted — and quietly hoping to bring home a win too. 💙
#DezeenAwards2025 #SustainableDesign #kibuheadphones
We thought “Wednesday” was the perfect day to drop something a little darker… 🖤
Introducing Midnight Berry – our bold new Kibu colourway. Deep, moody, and just a bit mysterious, it’s the perfect twist for kids who like their kit with a bit of edge.
Watch our latest video to see it snap into place… 👀
Ready to get your hand on them?
#KibuHeadphones #MidnightBerry #BuildRepairRecycle #STEMforKids #KibuKit #ColourLaunch
🫐💜 Meet Midnight Berry! 💜🫐
Our dreamiest colourway yet has just landed in the Kibu lineup. Deep, rich, and bursting with twilight vibes.
Just like every Kibu Headphone, they’re made to build, repair and recycle – now in a moody, magical purple that’s perfect for autumn adventures.
Ready to build yours?
#MidnightBerry #KibuHeadphones #BuildRepairRecycle #STEMforkids #NewDrop
🍿✨ Say hello to Butter Popcorn!
Our yummiest colourway yet has popped into the Kibu lineup. Smooth, creamy and full of flavour (well, not actual flavour... please don’t eat them).
Just like all Kibu Headphones, they’re designed to build, repair and recycle. Now you can do it in buttery golden style.
Ready to build yours?
#ButterPopcorn #KibuHeadphones #BuildRepairRecycle #STEMforkids #NewDrop
