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        • 6 | Untoolkit: Electronic Inputs
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          • Assignment 1 - Antiprimadonna's
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        • 7 | Transforming: Molding and Casting with Bioplastics
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    • Kaz
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      • 4 | Cutting Supersurfaces
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Week 7: Transforming

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This week we dive into materials and how to make your own bioplastics. The assignment of this week is to make your own bioplastics and use the Material Driven Design (MDD)-method to come up with future applications.

Core concepts: materials research, circularity, material driven design, material aesthetics

What: Make your own bioplastics and use the MDD-method to come up with future applications.

  1. Make your own bioplastics. Try various recipes, add other materials, play with textures and use your mold. Document your process and findings.

  2. Material properties sheet: Describe the properties of your material

  3. Experiential toolkit: Understand the experience of your material

  4. Future applications: Develop a concept for future applications

Inspiration of last year(s)

Plastic is a word that originally meant ā€œpliable and easily shaped

First tries: - Agar agar jasmine tea - Agar agar Russian earl grey tea - Agar agar corriander leaf - Agar agar blueberries jam - Agar agar cayenne - Agar agar maggi

Transparent

Grapefruit

Lemon

1. Make your own bioplastics

2. Material properties sheet

Agar Agar with Jasmine tea Glycerine: 3,2g Water: 80ml Agar Agar: 1.6 Jasmine tea: teaspoon

Agar Agar with Russian Earl Grey tea Glycerine: 3,2g Water: 80ml Agar Agar: 1.6g Russian Earl Grey tealeafs: teaspoon

Agar Agar with coriander leaf Glycerine: 3,2g Water: 80ml Agar Agar: 1.6g Coriander leaf: teaspoon

Agar Agar with Blueberry jam Glycerine: 3,2g Water: 80ml Agar Agar: 1.6g Blueberry jam: teaspoon

Agar Agar with Cayenne pepper Glycerine: 3,2g Water: 80ml Agar Agar: 1.6g Cayenne pepper: teaspoon

Agar Agar with Maggi Glycerine: 3,2g Water: 80ml Agar Agar: 1.6g Maggi: teaspoon

In the presentation we got told to do twice as much... this was just a one time thing.

3. Experiential toolkit

None of them worked out the way I expected to, except for the Agar Agar with Cayenne peppper. See the last tab for further information.

4. Future applications

See the last tab for further information.

1. Make your own bioplastics

Sadly enough, I“ve forgot to take picture of the substance while wet.

2. Material properties sheet

100 ml water 20 g gelatine 12 g glycerine

3. Experiential toolkit

Performative level

How do you touch the material? with care, tapping on it

How do you move the material? lifting, weighing

How do you hold the material? Above his head to see how the light goes through it

Sensorial level

Property

1

2

3

4

5

Property

Soft

x

Hard

Smooth

x

Rough

Glossy

x

Matte

Reflective

x

Non-reflective

Cold

x

Warm

Non-elastic

x

Elastic

Opaque

x

Transparent

Weak

x

Strong

Light

x

Heavy

Interpretitive level

meaning 1: krupuk (crackers), structure and the colors are similar

meaning 2: dimsum, the shape and how it is a little transparent

meaning 3: a crispy condom

Affective level

10% intense & 30% pleasant

Final reflections

What is the most pleasant quality of the material? Hardness

What is the most disturbing quality of the material? How it is not equally hard at everyy point

What is the most unique quality of the material? asymmetry

Fire resistance

Crackling sound Fire goes out really quick after setting it up

Water resistance

Able to float

After the plastic came right back out of the boiling water it seemed more breakable, but it was a matter of seconds till it was back in "normal" state. The surface seemed to expented in the boiling water.

In normal tap water nothing really changed.

4. Future applications

Bioplastic like this could be used for collectibles.

1. Make your own bioplastics

2. Material properties sheet

100 ml grapefruit juice 20 g gelatine 12 g glycerine a pinch of salt

3. Experiential toolkit

Performative level

How do you touch the material? pressing, rubbing, poking, pushing

How do you move the material? squeezing, turning, flexing

How do you hold the material? grabbing

Sensorial level

Property

1

2

3

4

5

Property

Soft

x

Hard

Smooth

x

Rough

Glossy

x

Matte

Reflective

x

Non-reflective

Cold

x

Warm

Non-elastic

x

Elastic

Opaque

x

Transparent

Weak

x

Strong

Light

x

Heavy

Interpretitive level

meaning 1: Gummy bear, seems like I can eat it

meaning 2: jello shot, squeeziness

meaning 3: flan, (which is a pudding), because of the colour and form

Affective level

not intense at all, 10% pleasant

Final reflections

What is the most pleasant quality of the material? squeeziness, almost like a stress ball

What is the most disturbing quality of the material? smell!

What is the most unique quality of the material? structure? How you are able to squeeze in it.

Fire resistance

Water resistance

4. Future applications

A more sustainable way of using "fashionable" plastic

1. Make your own bioplastics

2. Material properties sheet

100 ml lemon juice (citroensap) 20 g gelatine 13 g glycerine a pinch of salt a pinch of maizena

3. Experiential toolkit

How do you touch the material?

touch de draad hee erg

How do you move the material?

realatief fragiel

How do you hold the material?

onderzoekend

Sensorial level

Property

1

2

3

4

5

Property

Soft

x

Hard

Smooth

x

Rough

Glossy

x

Matte

Reflective

x

Non-reflective

Cold

x

Warm

Non-elastic

x

Elastic

Opaque

x

Transparent

Weak

x

Strong

Light

x

Heavy

Interpretitive level

meaning 1: spinnenweb, van wegge net en circkel

meaning 2: honingraad, kleur en beetje vorm

meaning 3: visnet

Affective level

20% pleasent 5% intens

Final reflections

What is the most pleasant quality of the material? weight, the lightness

What is the most disturbing quality of the material? het netje dat er niet helemaal in zit.

What is the most unique quality of the material? Stickyness en flexibale.

Fire resistance

smells like burned hair is willing to melt in heat circumstances

Water resistance

Totally disaPEERt in boiling water

Just tap water it became slippy

4. Future applications

Needs to be hard and does not need to last long.

1. Make your own bioplastics

2. Material properties sheet

Agar Agar with Cayenne pepper Glycerine: 3,2g Water: 80ml Agar Agar: 1.6g Cayenne pepper: teaspoon

3. Experiental toolkit

Performative level

How do you touch the material? with care

How do you move the material? folding, hanging

How do you hold the material? hanging

Sensorial level

Property

1

2

3

4

5

Property

Soft

x

Hard

Smooth

x

Rough

Glossy

x

Matte

Reflective

x

Non-reflective

Cold

x

Warm

Non-elastic

x

Elastic

Opaque

x

Transparent

Weak

x

Strong

Light

x

Heavy

Interpretitive level

meaning 1: toast, structure feels like it came out of a pan

meaning 2: Dorrito's when the bag is almost empty and there are only crumbs left

meaning 3: -

Affective level

30% unlpleasant, 50% intenst, geeft af, breekt bijna meteen

Final reflections

What is the most pleasant quality of the material? structuur, niet af geven

What is the most distrubing quality of the material?

too frigalie

What is the most unique quality of the material?

structure, korrel achtig

Fire resistance

Fire does not go out, it stays on

Smells like my youth. I don“t know if it is NYE or cammpfire, smells nice in my opinion.

Water resistance

cold: kleur geeft af not so much dec kruimels

hot water: kruimels laten los van bioplastic

extra's
Last year“s inspiration overall look
Set up at home
Weighing the Agar Agar
Water in measuring cup
Last year“s bioplastic picture 1
Last year“s bioplastic picture 2
Last year“s bioplastic picture 3
Last year“s bioplastic picture 4
Last year“s bioplastic picture 5
Last year“s bioplastic picture 6
Last year“s bioplastic picture 7
What is Kaz doing in the picture?! picture 8
Agar Agar with Jasmine tea
Agar Agar with Russian Earl Grey
Agar Agar with coriander leaf
Agar Agar with Blueberry jam
Agar Agar with Cayenne pepper
Agar Agar with Maggi
End result of the transparent bioplastic
the bioplastic smeared around a lace
Transparent bioplastic on fire
crumbles very easily
Left: tap water Right: boiling tap water
Left: boiling Right: normal
Collection including 'Bearbricks'
cooking the grapefruit bioplastic
Yeti Out x Converse collab
ROA Footwear