Bioplastic design

Designers should stop using recycled plastic and instead use bioplastics made from raw materials such as algae if they want to reduce pollution, according to Istanbul Design Biennial curator Jan Boelen.

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Our second open source book on Bioplastics, this time the bioplastic cook book gives everyone tips and recipes to make their own bioplastics! The book contains a flyer to print for labeling your bioplastic and creating your material archive. Book written by Margaret Dunne during her internship at Fab Textiles June-July 2018

This project explored the properties of Bioplastic. The result is a piece consisting of many layers of different shapes, colours, and patterns. Made in collaboration with Rebecca Hult Lamberger, 2017.

The new CHEMARTS Cookbook from designers and scientists at Aalto University offers readers experiments to create and work with plant-based materials.

When I saw her kombucha SCOBY leather dress walk the runway, I internally complimented the style, the ethereal drape, and how stunning the..

A bio-based leather alternative, this new material revolves around the concepts of circularity & sustainability. A sustainable loop has been attained through this material development process, keeping the sustainable development goals in mind, where all the raw materials are organic, sourced from nature ranging from seaweed (algae), natural fibers, flowers, to nutrient rich fruit/vegetable peels that we throw away, and it goes back to nature (bio-degrade) once its purpose is served.

Undulae is a series of table and pendant lamps made of cornstarch-based bioplastic tubes. Bioplastic is made from the mixture of cornstarch, water, vinegar and glycerin with particular proportion…

Materials that support the transition towards a more sustainable artistic practice