Graduation show 2019
Manami Taniuchi
material :
Agar,glycerol
It will be important to make things with thinking about it is end.
This is one of the movement that really thinks about the environment.
Nothing exists without ending. Clothes, houses ,event, food, and even people. All things come to an end one day in various ways. In an age of overflowing goods, thinking about the end of things, rather than just worrying about short-term things like manufacturing efficiency and sales, will give people a sense of responsibility for the creation of things and gradually improve the waste problem that is now becoming more serious.
Eco not ego is a disposable dish and glass, and the small vase made by agar, glycerol, water, herb, and spice for color. Anyone can make them easily with materials from supermarkets and drugstores and produce them in the kitchen. They are edible and could be returned to nature even if I throw them into the sea or leave them on the sand. No detergent needed. It is important to deal with environmental issues in everyday life. So with Eco not ego, I expanded them as an open-source recipe in order to reach out as many as possible instead of selling them as a ready-made product. The recipe is on the back of the receipt. People keep receipts in a wallet or thrown away immediately and never used again. I tried to make everything related to this product recyclable. These products would provide a new event which is like cook lunches and dishes together for a picnic day. For coloring, I used herbs and spices which help to have a pleasant smell and a flavor of the dishes. Choosing the flavor for dishes would be interesting too.