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| Biodegradable Food Packaging Mimics Nature’s Own Packaging Posted: 18 Jun 2014 02:00 PM PDT
The next step in biodegradable food packaging might be these attractive-looking little vessels from Swedish design studio Tomorrow Machine. Made of natural and quickly decomposing materials, the “This Too Shall Pass” series is a smart set of containers that will disappear soon after the products they hold.
The designers created alternatives to plastic packaging that were inspired by nature’s own packaging: the skins and peels around fruits and vegetables. They researched natural materials that are strong enough to withstand the trip to the consumer, easy enough to remove the product from, and quick to decompose harmlessly.
The team came up with three types of containers. The first is a vessel that holds oil-based food. It’s made of a beeswax exterior and sugar interior. To open it, you simply crack it like an egg. Once the beeswax is broken, the sugar is no longer protected from the air and begins to decompose. It can be run under water to hasten the decomposition process or left on its own to decompose within a few days.
A drinks container is composed of agar agar seaweed gel and water. It has to be refrigerated and decomposes at roughly the same rate as the beverage inside, so it is perfect for smoothies, milk, and fresh juice which have to be consumed in a short time. Because it withers as the product inside ages, it provides a visual reminder that the liquid needs to be consumed soon. The package is opened by poking a hole in the top.
Finally, a dry goods container meant to hold grains and rice is perhaps the most satisfying one to open. It is composed of biodegradable beeswax, and to open it you simply peel away the packaging like an orange rind. All of these natural packages are meant to draw our attention to the ridiculous fact that consumables are either used or rotten in a short amount of time, but the packages they come in sit in landfills for centuries. Keep Going - Check Out These Great Related Dornob Articles: |
| Classic Rotating Bookcase Gets a Modern Modular Update Posted: 18 Jun 2014 08:00 AM PDT
In the 1960s, famed furniture designer Gianfranco Frattini introduced to the world a beautiful new type of bookcase. The designer’s spinning bookcase featured cube-shaped shelves that were stylish enough to display art objects alongside books. Shown below alongside the modern version by designers Poltrona Frau, the spinning bookshelf was a revolution in modern design – and Poltrona Frau’s update is a masterpiece in the same vein as the classic.
The updated version of the rotating bookshelf is called Albero, which is Italian for “tree.” The shelf, held in place by tension rods, does in fact resemble a tree with branches extending from its central trunk. The rotating cubes are a modernized update of the classic design, creating a cleaner and airier aesthetic.
Each cube is customizable and can be moved around the “trunk” to fit your specific design needs. The stylish, modern bookshelf has an extremely tiny footprint, making it perfect for smaller homes where a traditional bookcase would be impractical. Just like its classic inspiration, the updated Albero bookcase is fit for displaying your most prized decorative objects alongside your book collection. Keep Going - Check Out These Great Related Dornob Articles: |
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