EASTERN LIGHT

alternative material

In 2013, the Design Museum in London shortlisted young artists and designers to rethink the role of material in design. Food is the new design material that designers begin to take into their workshops with a wide range of potential. Many product designers are working and experimenting with food to put them into production. During the process of experimenting, I came across a fascinating and unconventional material – dried rice starch.

 

Working with rice starch can produce some highly concentrated aesthetic results. Rice starch has a wide variety of unique and interesting textures and characteristics. It is flexible and easy to manipulate, with the potential to create unique and spontaneous shapes and forms. However, most forms of rice starch are organic so it will get decomposed over time. As such, it is still not a viable choice but the near future is very promising.

 

Eastern Light is a series of lighting products created from Vietnamese rice starch products.

 

c.2013

 

 
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Shortlisted for London Design Museum’s Design Factory Symposium 2013