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Week  4  –  WOOD  &  PLANT-­‐BASED  DERIVATIVES    

Images  for  discussion  

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Mia  Liu  -­‐  I  am  Mia  Liu  This  is  from  a  series  of  works  by  Mia  Liu,  who  works  with  simple  materials  like  paper  to  create  stunningly  beau<ful  pieces.  In  this  case  Mia  Liu  has  worked  with  <ckets  that  were  produced  for  the  show  that  the  work  was  presented  in  at  the  Guggenheim  Museum  in  2008.  I  like  this  stunning  piece  of  work  has  been  created  from  re-­‐used,  or  re-­‐cycled  materials,  and  that  the  subsequent  processes  that  she  then  uses  on  the  elements  are  very  simple  and  quite  'low-­‐fi'  in  a  way.  There  is  a  link  below  to  her  flickr  stream  which  has  more  amazingly  detailed  pieces  of  work  that  have  been  exhibited  all  around  the  world.      I  am  Mia  Liu  Guggenheim  Museum  <ckets,  India  ink  and  Plywood  2008  56.5"  x    56.5"    x  3"      hOp://www.flickr.com/people/mialiu/  

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Barkskin:.  Barkskin  is  a  wall  covering  made  out  of  the  bark  of  trees.  The  process  it  is  made  is  environmentally  sustainable  and  dates  back  to  pre-­‐columbian  <mes.'Bark  is  processed  with  cold  and  then  boiling  water,  hand  pounded  and  sun  dried.  When  applied  it  is  evoca<ve  of  leather,  stone  or  parchment.'  This  material  can  be  used  for  wall  covering,  furniture  and  lampshade  manufacturing.  I  am  not  a  big  fan  of  wallpaper  but  this  par<cular  image  caught  my  aOen<on.  That  is  because  i  had  never  imagined  that  something  so  beau<ful  could  be  made  from  bark  skin.  Because  of  it  being  an  organic  material  every  piece  is  unique  and  i  think  the  texture  is  very  aOrac<ve.  Also  it  seems  like  a  great  solu<on  for  recycling  trees  especially  thrown  out  christmas  trees.    Here  is  the  link  for  the  site:    hOp://barkskin.com/  

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Claire  Zeisler  Zeisler  is  an  American  fiber  ar<st,  working  mostly  with  jute.  I  chose  her  work  because  of  the  powerful  image  her  installa<ons  create...  somewhat  creepy,  somewhat  spiritual,  and  rela<ng  to  tribal  works  done  around  the  world.  Its  feminine  quality  and  powerful  concept  make  her  works  inspira<onal  to  many.  

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Corck  This  beau<ful  (un)designed  speakers  make  use  of  cork  both  for  its  elas<c  proper<es  (to  seal  the  porcelain  enclosure)  and  for  its  electrical  insula<on  proper<es  (to  protect  the  connectors).  

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Shigeru  Ban  Shigeru  Ban's  paper  architecture  focuses  on  using  cardboard  elements  (aesthe<c  and  structural)  as  the  main  material  of  his  design.  In  this  example  of  the  paper  house  in  Japan,  he  uses  cardboard  columns  as  part  of  the  structure  holding  the  ceiling  and  at  the  same  <me  as  a  wall.  

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Paper  water  boKles  he  name  “360”  is  indica<ve  of  the  holis<c  meaning  of  the  program.  “  Instead  of  just  styling  a  polymer  in  a  new  way,  we  wanted  to  travel  360  degrees  and  restart  the  thinking  and  the  total  criteria  of  containing  water  from  beginning  to  end.360  degrees  also  creates  a  circle  that  is  illustra<ve  of  our  planet”  explains  Jim  Warner,  Managing  Director  of  Industrial  Design  at  BrandImage.  The  design  of  the  boOle  addresses  water  containment  in  all  respects.  At  Brand  image  they  have  challenged  the  “norms”  of  produc<on,  shipping,  filling,  visible  material,  shelf  impression,  labelling,  mul<-­‐packaging,  structural  integrity,  opening  and  resealing  of  the  closure,  and  ul<mately  what  is  being  disposed.  The  package  u<lizes  sustainable  sheet  stock  of  bamboo,  palm  leaves;  etc.  That  is  pressed  into  2  halves  to  encapsulate  a  micro-­‐thin  PLA  film  (or  Polylac<c  acid-­‐a  biodegradable,  sugar  based  polyester)  that  provides  liquid/  02  barrier.  The  pressed  material  provides  the  form,  graphical  substrate  and/  or  embellishment  surface  and  structural  integrity.  It  is  shipped  inverted  and  “pops  open”  upon  filling  through  a  conven<onal  fill-­‐portal  at  the  base.  The  barrier  material  also  acts  as  the  means  to  fuse  the  2  halves  together.  The  top  is  torn  off  to  access  the  liquid.  To  reseal,  the  removed  component  peels  apart  to  expose  a  sanitary  plug-­‐fit  side,  and  the  remaining  part  gets  tethered  to  the  finger  loop  to  eliminate  liOer.  It  changes  the  total  experience  of  drinking  water,  from  the  way  the  container  looks,  feels  and  func<ons  to  the  way  it  ends  its  usage.  The  360  paper  boOle  is  a  single-­‐serve  Paper  Water  BoOle,  but  with  the  windfall  of  how  it  is  made  enables  the  self-­‐bundling  of  mul<ple  containments  to  negate  the  use  of  separate  “6-­‐pack”  carriers.  The  use  of  an  all  natural  structural  board  with  ver<cal  ends  dras<cally  reduces  the  material  used  in  palle<zing  and  shipping,  and  enables  self-­‐merchandising.  Everything  seems  really  crea<ve  and  interes<ng  but  plas<c  water  boOles  are  both  recyclable  and  much  more  reusable  than  these  frail  paper  versions.  The  problem  is  that  each  day  Americans  throw  out  60  million  plas<c  boOles.  Only  14%  actually  get  recycled.  Does  "leverage  sustainability"  make  sense  or  is  just  marke<ng?  Maybe  we  should  just  restart  from  the  beginning.  BoOled  water?  No,  thanks!  hOp://storyofstuff.org/boOledwater/  

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Kirei  Board  Kirei  Board  is  an  eco-­‐engineered  product  thats  a  new  subs<tute  for  interior  decora<ve  woods.    Made  from  the  discarded  stalks  of  the  sorghum  straw.    Sorghum,  farmed  throughout  the  world  is  produced  for  food,  fodder,  and  biofuels.    The  manufacturing  of  Kirei  requires  no  formaldehyde  adhesion,  instead  using  a  process  of  heat  pressing  and  non  toxic  adhesives  with  low  voc's  to  produce  this  strong  and  sustainable  board.    Applica<ons  for  the  wood  subs<tute  include;  wall  and  ceiling  panels,  cabinets,  and  furniture.  

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Coconut  Nles  Several  companies  are  trying  to  come  up  with  new  and  innova<ve  ways  to  look  at  products  in  our  natural  environment  and  bring  them  into  interior  spaces.  A  few  companies  have  begun  taking  this  idea  and  looking  into  the  process  of  taking  a  coconut  from  a  palm  tree  and  making  materials  out  of  its'  exterior.  Coco  Origin  Life  Unlimited  have  taken  the  hard  shell  exterior  of  the  coconut  and  transformed  this  into  a  weaved  <le.  This  <le  can  be  used  in  various  applica<ons  (wall  panel,  furniture  detailing,  etc).  These  <les  are  handmade,  Eco-­‐sustainable,  excellent  performance  and  durability.  I  think  these  <les  give  a  different  "wood"  aesthe<c  in  interior  spaces.    

hOp://www.cocooriginlife.com/  

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Natural  Rubber  -­‐  Minarc  Rubber  Sink  In  the  images  aOached  Latex  sap  is  tapped  from  an  incision  made  into  the  bark  of  a  rubber  tree.  Aler  collec<on  it  is  refined  into  usable  rubber.  The  purified  form  of  rubber  is  a  chemical  polyisoprene  which  can  also  be  produced  synthe<cally.  Rubber  is  used  in  many  products  including  this  rubber  sink  my  California  design  company  Minarc.  

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Cardboard  walls  "Waxed  corrugated  fiberboard  bails  used  to  build  house  walls.A  small  team  of  students  at  Auburn  University  sought  to  prove  the  material’s  viability  as  a  construc<on  product  by  crea<ng  a  func<onal  small  building."  

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Structural  Timber  Fabric  Timber  fabric  sharing  the  basic  logics  and  principals  of  man-­‐made  fabric.    +In  fabrics,  as  well  as  in  basketry,  the  coherence  of  the  yarn  elements  is  governed  by  fric<on.    The  <mber  could  become  self-­‐sturctural  in  infinite  size  by  developing  ways  to  weave  and  interconnect  the  material.    hOp://ibois.epfl.ch/files/content/sites/ibois2/files/shared/recherche/<mber%20fabric.pdf  

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Rubber  stool  This  stool  is  made  out  of  natural  rubber.  It  is  built  by  bending  only  one  piece  of  rubber  and  bol<ng  the  legs  to  keep  them  in  place.    The  framework  of  this  stool  is  simple  and  it  is  comfortably  cushioned  because  of  the  rubber.  It  can  be  rolled  up  and  stored  when  not  in  use.  I  found  the  form  of  this  stool  interes<ng  and  I  think  it  challenges  the  elas<city  of  rubber.    

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Paper  This  is  a  piece  of  art  by  Adam  Fowler  I  saw  at  the  Museum  of  Art  and  Design  as  part  of  their  SLASH  exhibit.    The  layering  of  thin  arcs  of  graphite  on  paper  is  both  ephemeral  and  dense.    Graphite  and  paper  become  one  and  the  same.  The  canvas  (the  paper)  becomes  the  artwork.    The  3-­‐Demensionality  of  the  piece  is  dizzying  and  hypno<c.  That  the  spindly  lace  strips  are  hand  cut  with  an  Exacto  blade  is  incredibly  impressive.  


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