The final part of the exhibition looks towards a "post-waste" future, highlighting experimental projects that substitute the extractive, emissions-intensive materials of the 20th century for natural, renewable and often biodegradable alternatives.Īmong them is Totomoxtle, a wood substitute derived from corn husks, a couture dress by Charlotte McCurdy and Phillip Lim covered in algae bioplastic sequins and an architectural column by Blast Studio made from waste coffee cups that were fed to mushroom mycelium, turned into sludge and subsequently 3D printed. "The sheer waste of embodied carbon and energy is ludicrous." "I think they're some of the most important architects working today because they don't believe in demolition," McGuirk said. Algae bioplastic sequins adorn this dress by Charlotte McCurdy and Phillip Lim
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It starts by showing everyday objects such as an iPhone or Volkswagen Beetle as the sum of their constituent materials, in a series of works from Studio Drift's Materialism series.įrom here, it goes on to showcase designs made from reclaimed materials including Snøhetta's marine plastic chair S-1500, bricks formed from construction scraps and Phoebe English garments with Codelite buttons made from milk curds that would otherwise have been discarded.Īrchitecture is also represented through projects such as Lacaton & Vassal's renovation of a 1960s housing estate in Bordeaux, France. Studio Drift deconstructed a VW Beetle into its constituent materials The second section, titled Precious Waste, charts work from designers and architects that treats waste as an abundant resource to be exploited. This introductory section showcases some of the earliest examples of disposable cutlery and plastic water bottles, as well as visualising the scale of the global waste crisis.Ī new commission from artist Ibrahim Mahama incorporates e-waste from Ghana's notorious Agbogbloshie rubbish dump and examines the failings of the current waste management system, which sees rubbish from the West "dumped on poor countries" in Africa and Southeast Asia. Related story The Evolve Chair is made of recycled plastic from discarded laptops "There are anecdotes about people in the 50s holding on to plastic bags and meal trays and they had to be told, through ads, that it was okay to throw them away, that they weren't anything of value," he continued. "Humans are not by nature wasteful beings, we had to be taught wastefulness," McGuirk told Dezeen. It also charts the emergence of throwaway culture and possible alternatives The first section, titled Peak Waste, traces the rise of convenience culture starting from the Industrial Revolution, with the advent of disposable plastics and design strategies such as planned obsolescence. It's going to be a whole shift towards growing materials rather than extraction." The Peak Waste section visualises the scale of the waste crisisīefore visitors enter the exhibition, they are greeted by a newly commissioned installation from architect Arthur Mamou-Mani, which is suspended in the Design Museum foyer and explores how PLA bioplastic and wood pulp can be 3D printed to create recyclable building materials. "That's not going to mean just recycling. "It's a show about how we rethink design at every level and look to a future where we create less waste," said McGuirk. In this spirit, the exhibition design by local studio Material Cultures focuses on renewable materials and repurposes components from the museum's recent Charlotte Perriand exhibition, while Sophie Thomas of climate collective URGE is conducting an environmental audit of the show to assess its footprint. "But we can certainly change the way we react in the future." "This is, in a way, a design-made mess," agreed the show's curator Gemma Curtain. Whereas when you think about waste, most waste happens in the making of products." The exhibition design by Material Cultures makes use of natural materials and unfired bricks "When you talk about carbon emissions, there are things designers can help with but it's not really a design issue. "We wanted to focus on the waste issue because we think that's where design has the biggest impact," McGuirk told Dezeen. Timed to coincide with the UN's upcoming COP26 conference, the exhibition seeks to establish waste as a key focus point for designers in the fight against climate change.
Dirk van der Kooij's Chubby Chair is 3D printed from discarded fridges
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