process step #1 all images are courtesy of kulla design studio

‘50% sawdust’ by israeli-based kulla design studio is a project that evolved from the development of a new design method based on material research. in this case, the combination of two different worlds of waste – wooden sawdust and plastic bags.

the project comes from the studio’s desire to find new uses / purposes for sawdust and plastic bags, in which they have creating new aesthetic qualities and applications for the two materials. here, they have joined plastic sawdust with wooden sawdust, creating a homogeneous mixture to create a new product, without the use of any adhesives.

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the manufacturing process for ‘50% sawdust’ includes creating a mixture of equal parts of plastic and wood sawdust, pressing it into an aluminium mold, and baking it. the heat allows the plastic to form as a resin / glue which affixes the materials together. the result is a firm, structurally sound material, that gives the mundane plastic bag and sawdust a new material aesthetic, thus giving them a new ‘afterlife’. in this case, kulla design studio has applied their material research and developed a stool.

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‘50% sawdust’ stool

‘50% sawdust’ stool disassembled

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