Materials for Living: Opening Night

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Exhibitor Erik de Laurens with his project The Fish Feast, a material made entirely from treated fish scales. And Attua and Oscar of Silo with their NSEPS (Not So Expanded Polystyrene) furniture.

Carmen Hijosa's material, Ananas Anam, is made by recycling the waste product from the Philippines' pineapple harvest. Julie Behseta's experiments recycle different plastics to make new compounds, with textiles weaved through to create a starting new aesthetic.

Alkesh Parmar has been working with orange peel - a by-prduct from juice extraction - to make a new material, A'Peel, which is strong, flexible and completely biodegradeable. Coca-Cola have recently launch a new sustainable Coke bottle, PlantBottle^TM

Barry Sheerman MP, Co-Chair of the Design APG and Dr Paul Thompson, Rector of the Royal College of Art

Patrick McGuirk, Head of Recycling at Coca-Cola

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Associate Parliamentary Design & Innovation Group

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