How can you transform food waste in fun coasters?

Sotto Sotto

Giorgia Baccichetti
Michelle Muratori

There are many ways to reuse food waste, but have you ever wondered how to make coasters out of it?

Sotto Sotto is a reflection upon the lyfecycle of products: a diy coaster kit that encourages people to have fun while making a useful object and keeping in mind its beginning and end of life. The aim is to repurpose the products that come from the soil to put them back on the table, by providing simple tools and recipes to make unique coasters from different food leftovers such as orange, apple, potato peel. Once the coasters are not usable any more they can simply be put in the soil again as they are completely biodegradable. This fun and educational activity that can be enjoyed by everyone, teaches about the importance of waste and materials, showing that recycling is fun and that everything will return to the soil at the end of life.

 

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A project made in the course

Findings On Soil

Life on earth depends on healthy soils. As part of hands-on materials education, young Eco-Social Design students at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano explored soil as a do-it-yourself material for art, design and architecture. Through practical exercises and guest workshops we examined its properties, everyday uses, and future possiblities. Collaborating with the BITZ unibz fablab, a community workshop for hobbyists, researchers and students based in Bolzano, we developed experimental kits to (re)connect and engage people with soil.
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