I am featured in the newspapers! In the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age! It's about the green designs at The Edge, the design pavilion at the Sydney furniture fair next week.Check out the article here.
Paper as plastic
Don't be fooled by the plastic-like appearance of the Zeopod; it's recycled paper and hemp.
What's exciting is that this new material, called Zeoform and made in Mullumbimby, is made from cutting edge nano-technology and doesn't use the glues, resins or toxins common in many plastics. And it is 100 per cent biodegradable at the end of its life.
Perth-based designer Wilma van Boxtel was invited by Zeoform to design a seat with their new product and the shape was inspired by a seed pod she discovered in Queensland. To round out its blue-chip sustainable credentials, her upholstered seat is made from Joyce Eco foam with an eco-wool covering.
Van Boxtel, who lectures in design at Curtin University, says: "If we as designers make better choices, then the consumer doesn't have to think about it.
"I teach my students to think about sustainable design [and packaging] as using common sense."
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