Sustainable Materials for Design at Elisava
Participated in an intensive summer course focusing on sustainable and bio-based material innovation, exploring experimental design approaches that emphasize considerations for a circular economy.
Created an agar-agar based bioplastic for use in indoor lighting, providing an alternative to conventional home goods materials which reduces the environmental impact of the product. The intensity and hue of the light can be modulated by the amount of organic materials mixed in.
To explore the materials properties, I experimented with varying thicknesses of the material to achieve a level of rigidity and structure that could hold form either through origami or stitching.
In addition to the material for the lamp shades, we explored more rigid materials for the lighting base. Combining gelatin with varying ratios of egg shell, almond flour, and other organic waste to create a material that could be formed and molded.