OTHER MATTER is an experimental studio working with algae-based bioplastics founded by Jessie French. Through the design of materials, objects, experiences and futures. OTHER MATTER engages with the possibilities of a post-petrochemical world.
Algae-based bioplastic tableware vessels are compostable – part of a closed loop system. These objects can be recycled into new ones in a home kitchen in about an hour. If discarded, they can be a food source for critters including microbes living in the soil and water and act as fertiliser for plants when they break down. This is a bio-material research investigating the potential of the medium for designing a post-petrochemical world that does not harm the planet.
Algae-based bioplastic tableware vessels are compostable – part of a closed loop system. These objects can be recycled into new ones in a home kitchen in about an hour. If discarded, they can be a food source for critters including microbes living in the soil and water and act as fertiliser for plants when they break down. This is a bio-material research investigating the potential of the medium for designing a post-petrochemical world that does not harm the planet.
Credits
Art Direction / Thalia Economo
Photography / Pier Carthew
Styling / Thalia Economo
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Thalia Economo Studio acknowledges the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin nation, the traditional custodians of this land, and pay our respect to the Wurundjeri Elders, past and present.