Design as a tool for sustainable change
Design has become aware of the fragility of the Earth, as Renzo Piano notes, and designers are therefore invited to encourage new, more careful and conscious behaviour and design for a more sustainable world. We initiate research projects and establish new collaborations to experiment with innovative ideas and materials, to create products and stimulate lifestyles that are more ethical and respectful of the planet's precious resources.
For us, the circular economy represents a paradigm of sustainability. It is not an abstract philosophy, but rather a new opportunity for design. This design creates innovative raw materials, optimises processes and produces awareness. It is not a new theory, but rather an old design practice that has been systemised and sophisticated in order to involve everyone, from families to companies, in a new zero-waste logic.
Second life to coffee waste
Coffeefrom is the innovative bio-based material created from recycled coffee grounds and a blend of biopolymers, produced in Italy at every stage. A project created in collaboration with the Milan Polytechnic and companies operating in the bioplastic moulding sector. Coffeefrom is a zero-waste material with infinite expressive possibilities.
Client: Il Giardinone social cooperative
Partners: Politecnico di Milano
Circular Design Course at Iuav University of Venice
Teaching at the Course in Sustainable Products and Circular Design at the Faculty of Design of the IUAV University of Venice..
Client: Iuav University of Venice
Paper waste goes to products
From cellulose fiber come sound-absorbing and decorative panels for contemporary spaces.
Client: Manifatture Macchine Soffici
Partners: Politecnico di Milano
On awareness around food waste
Interactive performance on the art of eating linked to awareness of ingredients, preparation and food consumption.
Client: Zimmerhoff Symposium
Partners: Freitag
For the reuse of industrial molds
Development of a line of contemporary furnishing accessories created by "hacking" and streamlining with a zero-waste strategy historical industrial processes for the production of iron buckets and pots.
Client: Avant-craft by Whomade
Partners: Uberto Gnaro
