Dealing with ethical issues by removing the use of animal leathers within the Fashion industry.
Marie Melcore is a material, textile and graphic designer. These three fields allow her to evolve in a transversal and multidisciplinary context.
By developing them through the biodesign prism, she addresses environmental issues and the relationship between living organisms and design.
Marie Melcore is a material, textile and graphic designer. These three fields allow her to evolve in a transversal and multidisciplinary context.
By developing them through the biodesign prism, she addresses environmental issues and the relationship between living organisms and design.
BIOMATERIALS
Category
Biodesign
Circular economy | Material innovation
Carried out at
MA Biodesign
Central Saint Martins
University of the Arts London
Material Design Lab
— KEA School of Design
and Technology
Biologigaragen Lab
Conducted with
Tutors
Nancy Diniz | Course Leader
MA Biodesign
Carole Collet | Professor in Design for Sustainable Futures
Alice Taylor | Lecturer of Biology and Living Systems
Shem Johnson | Grow Lab Specialist Technician
Special mentions
Zoë Powell | KEA Guest Speaker
Channel Vestergaard | Little Pink Maker Founder
Location
London — UK
Copenhagen — Denmark
Date
March — Nov. 2019
Promoting a circular economy by using foodwaste
and greenwaste to create new materials. Taking benefits from our waste, while producing less.
Food waste represents 1.3 trillion tonnes per year worldwide. It is time to consider them as a valuable eco-resource in terms of innovation. Some common applications of bio-based materials are packaging materials, dining ustensiles, food packaging, and insulation. In this sens, the raw material used include a wide range of properties and promote a circular economy, by upcycling our local waste.
This research showed that 50% of the biomaterials created during this project has been biodegraded after being placed in a natural environment for a month.

Food waste collection.





Biomaterials collection | Made from pistachio shells, banana peels, eggshells, carrot peels, peanut shells, wood chips, cork, etc.

Biodegradation tests on 28 days.