Vancouver designers Barnaby Killam and Stuart Sproule started Red Flag Design in 2004 out of a desire to create products that offered more than just function or style. In reaction to a market saturated with disposable goods which sacrificed design and quality for mass production, Red Flag Design drew inspiration from discarded materials; their opportunity lay in this waste. The material itself is the starting point for every design allowing its physical and historical properties to dictate the transformation into the finished product. The challenge of working with these unique materials is what drives them creatively and they are constantly on the look out for other abandoned materials to add to their repertoire.