Fus
2021Fuss 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?
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.
Whiskey staves, coffee grounds