Inspired by a materials design for soft food packaging, the design conceptualized a low tech, modular system for managing polystyrene waste.
With my design partner, Charlotte Böhning, I lead the design of the project from conceptualization to refined final design delivery, leading a team of designers and engineers. With the Lexus Design team we developed mulitple prototypes which we tested in the field, resulting in a final design that was exhibited in Milan Design Week.
The design resulted in digital artifacts, design documents, and IP assignment.
Team: Mary Lempres and Charlotte Böhning
My Contribution: Discovery, Development, Industrial Design, Prototyping, Team Leadership, Writing, Creative Direction
Recognition: Lexus Design Award 2022
We were inspired by a small, but mighty, insect
Mealworms can safely break down soft plastics. This process, called “biodigestion,” occurs when petroleum-based materials are fully decomposed by nature.
Chitofarm facilitates this natural process
We created a system to reimagine product afterlives, transforming packaging waste into fertilizer in a week.
Chitofarm is a modular, multi-tier unit for farming mealworms on a diet of plastic waste
