Dialer Design
bioplaSEAtic
｜ Accessory Design of Bioplastics to Raise Awareness of Plastic Pollution in the Ocean
Plastic pollution is causing unneglectable harm to marine life. Bioplastics made from materials extracted from the sea are used to make accessories that show the damage done to marine life in a more visual way. It can be more ironic when they are worn by humans.
Half of sea turtles worldwide have ingested plastic while ingesting as little as 14 pieces of plastic can increase their risk of death.
Corals that come into contact with plastic have an 89% chance of contracting disease.
Plastic waste kills up to one million seabirds a year while 60% of all seabird species have eaten pieces of plastic.
At least 800 species worldwide are affected by marine debris. As much as 80%of that litter is plastic.
The impact of plastics on marine life is summarised into three intuitive categories.
COVER: Large coverage area with a sense of suffocation
STRANGLE: Entanglement causes deformation of body parts
WIND: Large area contact with body parts which impede action capacity
Fish Scale & Bone Extract
Seaweed Extract
Glycerol
Monascus
Spinach
Butterfly Pea
Purple Potato
Pumpkin
Beetroot
Water
By adjusting the proportions of the raw materials, bioplastics can take on different colours, flexibilities and surface textures.
To best showcase the unique properties and aesthetics of bioplastics themselves, fabrics are formed into accessories in the most natural moulding method.
/ Choking /
The face is covered with multiple layers of
material to simulate the choking sensation of marine life enveloped in plastic.
/ Struggling /
The winding around the neck is used to show the helplessness of marine life when they are strangled by plastic.
/ Spreading /
The large-area winding around the hands is used to show the struggling feeling of marine life when wrapped in large-area plastic which makes them difficult to move.