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Student Showcase Archive

Bibiana Nelson

MA work

MA work

. We live in a ‘throw-away’ society, but what does ‘away’ mean? In the UK, ‘away’ usually means landfill, shipped to another country for recycling, or incineration. The short lifespan of products does not match the resiliency of their materials. In disposal these short-lived products are rarely placed in an environment conducive to material breakdown. Even a newspaper cannot biodegrade in improper conditions: after 70 years they have been dug up from landfill completely intact and legible. Hyper-Disposable explores the idea of matching material life to product lifespan. This project asks whether we can dispose of and destroy things directly after use without having to transport them somewhere else.

Info

Info

  • MA Degree

    School

    School of Design

    Programme

    MA Innovation Design Engineering, 2009

  • . We live in a ‘throw-away’ society, but what does ‘away’ mean? In the UK, ‘away’ usually means landfill, shipped to another country for recycling, or incineration. The short lifespan of products does not match the resiliency of their materials. In disposal these short-lived products are rarely placed in an environment conducive to material breakdown. Even a newspaper cannot biodegrade in improper conditions: after 70 years they have been dug up from landfill completely intact and legible. Hyper-Disposable explores the idea of matching material life to product lifespan. This project asks whether we can dispose of and destroy things directly after use without having to transport them somewhere else.

  • Degrees

  • BA (Hons) Three Dimensional Design, University of Brighton, 2006
  • Experience

  • Graphic Design Teacher, UNESCO & Royal University of Bhutan, Institute of Language and Culture Studies, Thimpu, Bhutan, 2008; Junior Designer/Project Manager, Jason Bruges Studio, London, 2006-7
  • Exhibitions

  • SIDeR Conference: Flirting with the Future, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, Netherlands, 2008; Seoul Design Olympiad, Jamsil Stadium, Seoul, Korea, 2008; New Designers, Business Design Centre, London, 2006