FUS
2021
Stool, material research
RGU, Gray’s School of Art
Fuss was an investigation about local waste and biomaterial development in connection to Aberdeen - a northeast Scottish city.
ABERDEEN WAS ONCE THE OIL CAPITAL OF EUROPE - What do we do now to make the city more sustainable? What waste do we generate in Aberdeen?
Approaching the project from a circular standpoint, the focus shifted towards designing elements linked to the city's urban waste and explore the locale through a sustainable lens.
COFFEE X WHISKEY BARREL STAVES
Considering the immense scale of annual coffee waste—500,000 tons in the UK and 40,000 tons in Scotland, according to Circular Coffee—the design concept emerged as a sustainable response. With Aberdeenshire home to 10 whisky distilleries, the vision materialized into a stool crafted from locally sourced coffee grounds collected from nearby cafés, combined with whisky barrel staves repurposed from a local distillery.
