Archive no. 1 FOAM
Lisanne Petersemail: LGJ.Peters@outlook.com
website: www.dwarsverband.com/lisannepeters/
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Lisanne Peters
It is commonly thought that, in order to reduce waste, lengthening the lifetime of products is essential. By either re-using, re-purposing or re-cycling them. But why not rethink the material we use in products to match their time of existence to their time of usage? In the Netherlands alone, every year, a volume of about 230 Olympic swimming pools full of styrofoam is thrown away, whereas most types of foam will only degrade in a timespan of 50 to 500 years. Designer Lisanne Peters developed 'Archive no. 1 FOAM' in contrast to that. She created a new, soft and foam-like material using only plant-based ingredients, that can be completely biodegraded in only 3 weeks after usage. Whereby opening the door for us to consider more applications for this temporary material.
In addition to creating a material archive, Lisanne also made a book in which presents the material development of 'Archive no. 1 FOAM' alongside interviews with various experts. Her aim with the book is to spread knowledge about how we can make biodegradable materials more widely accessible.
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