2020 / Design For Society / Eco-Sustainable Design / Student

From Peels to Casein

• Prizes
  Winner in Design for Society/Eco-Sustainable Design
• Lead Designer
  Eunji Jun
• Project Link
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• Other credit
  Photo By: Patrick Grütter, Lukas Montañés
• University
  Hochschule Luzern (Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts)

The project is an attempt to influence our behavior towards using plastics and wasting food by suggesting a non-toxic, biodegradable alternative plastic material made with industrial dairy surplus and plant-based food waste. By using extracted casein protein from milk turned into long-chain polymers as the base of this bioplastic, it decays in an eco-friendly way when it is discarded, even if it ends up in a landfill or water. Because it is pure protein, it is safe for any living organism and even be a nutrition source which makes it an ultimate solution for plastic pollution problems.

Bio
Eunji Jun is an object and product designer based in Korea and Switzerland. She is focusing on materials, systems in product design, sustainable design and problem-solving. She loves combining new technology or material with traditional ways of product making, building prototypes and chiefly, experimenting with shapes and materials.