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Biothing: About Coconut
How can coconut be use as a material?
I started exploring this concept by looking at properties of coconut and how it is use by the industry or other designers. Then, I created my design proposition of a coconut biomaterial shoes. The goal was to exploit the properties of coconut and to minimize environmental impact.
WHAT
Coconut Shoes
APPROACH
Biomaterial Exploratory, Research
DURATION
2 Weeks
Research
Anatomy & Usage of Coconut
Beside coconut meat the rest of the coconut are usually discarded in the coconut production industry.
Let's see how the other industries or designers utilize other parts of the coconut...
Design Proposal
where?
Indonesia
The world's largest coconut producer.
what to consider?
Micro-plastic;
product breaking apart
The Cocona and Malai have to be somewhere that don't need to be washed often to avoid these.
what to design?
Footwear
Indonesia is number 6 of the world's leading footwear exporters.
Thank You :)
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