Stream Light Feature Object
Stream Light Object Prototype V1
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Name of the submitted project or idea (in English or both English and your language)
Stream
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URL of a video introducing the work（under 5 minutes）
https://youtu.be/1WNfeMDcleY?si=ndSaA7W6U11UZqao
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Detailed explanation of the submitted project or idea (in English or both English and your language)
Due to the technological limitations in waste processing, the tofu-making process in Indonesia produce waste which has become one of the factors causing ecologic problem in affected rivers and the quality of the water. Through this project, we try to reduce the environmental impact of tofu industry by making a material from soya liquid waste and transform the material using new novel of design ecosystem, which trying to integrate different aspects of design process, from material process to fabrication procedure, using both manual and digital approaches. The aim of this system is to produce a life cycle. Previously, the tofu home industry community saw the tofu processing waste as something that they had to throw away. Mater tries to give a new perspective on waste mater that our waste is our responsibility and also our opportunity. Stream Project try to give perspective on how it possible to change waste to valuable product in Seradakan tofu home industries communities.
In Sradakan, more than 70% tofu indutries workers are women. Through new opportunity in the upcycling process, our goals is to empower women by profit and knowledges sharing in product sales and making. It raises their income and also gives them opportunity to involve in designing process. -
How does your work address the 3 P’s (for Planet, for People, for Profit) for Sustainability?
Planet : The processing of home industry waste such as tofu production, has many limitations in its handling, in the long term and repeatedly this has ecological consequences that can damage the water ecosystem in Indonesia. This is one of the reasons why we use materials from tofu production wastewater treatment. We are currently working with a home-based tofu industry in Sradakan, Bantul, Yogyakarta where there are 99 tofu artisans spreading throughout the village, mostly processing 70 kg of soybeans every day for tofu making. We hope this program can be expanded as there are 160 thousand producers in Indonesia spread across more than 200 districts and cities in 27 provinces.
People : Through this opportunities in the repurposing process of liquid wasted from tofu production, we try to open alternative perspective on share and built knowledge together on how to create the circular loop with the ecosystem that they already have and create from there.
Profit : Through new opportunities in the reutilization process, we try to give women the opportunity to share profits and knowledge in product sales and manufacturing. This increases their income and also implies an opportunity to be involved in the design process and knowledge production that occurs during the product and material manufacturing process. -
Where (country, region, etc.) have you primarily carried out your project?
Srandakan, Bantul, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
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What is the timeline your project has taken place over?
2020 - Present
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Keywords
#Biomaterial #Circulardesign #Sustainable
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If you have a website for your submitted project or idea, please provide the URL
www.materdesignlab.com
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If you have a social media account for your submitted project or idea, please provide the URL
https://www.instagram.com/mater.designlab/
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Special Prize Question 1: Is there a mechanism in place to inherit culture and industry as assets for people living in that area 100 or even 1000 years from now?
Collective Cooperation
We collaborate together with tofu home industries in Srandakan, Bantul, Yogyakarta, Indonesia to transform their small working space into living lab, in which together we are trying to convert soya waste water into a new material. This is not only giving them a new source of income, but it possibly can create a new industry in that area. -
Special Prize Question 2: What is the positive impact on biodiversity? Is the project creating a cycle not just from a human-centered perspective but for the entire ecosystem?
Build a New Loop
Due to the technological limitations in waste processing within home industries, the tofu-making process in Indonesia produces waste that has become one of the factors causing endemic fish extinction in affected rivers. It makes the river polluted and has a negative impact to the environment as well as society. Through our approach, we take 1 step back by converting this waste into a new material before it is thrown to the river. In addition, this material also biodegradable, which in the end we build a new closed-loop. We believe that we can create a synergy between man-made industry and nature ecosystem. -
Special Prize Question 3: Are you enabling new forms of collaboration with others? New forms of collaboration might include cross-industry cooperation, co-creation with consumers, or role transformations within the supply chain.
Co-design: Bacteria, Human, and & Technology**
Together with micro-organisms, we conduct a collaborative process that we call "co-design". In the process, bacteria produce cellulose and on a microscopic scale form natural fiber patterns, resulting in a paper/skin-like material. Through a computational design approach, we developed a unique 2d pattern, which when the fibers are intertwined, forms a 3d object with no internal structure. For effective assembly and delivery we created an application that can facilitate the user in assembling and open up new possibilities in the development of the object design because it can be customized according to the space requirements and the function from The User
