“Breath in Breath out” - the smell of future materials

“Breath in Breath out” explores the yet to come world of bio scents for innovative future materials. Smell directly triggers emotions and memories but is a material property which is often overlooked and we use only a very small portion of our fragrance-detecting capabilities. How to distinguish between natural and synthetic materials? How do future materials smell? Crafting plastics! studio & Studio Moritz Maria Karl present their research on the scent of the bioplastic material NUATAN ® to create spaces, experiences and demonstrate how much future materials can contribute to our health and perception of materials. Smell offers new aesthetics and opportunities for designing architecture and objects. The installation investigates the emotional connection to different scents as a conscious response to circular economy and next step to transition to fully circular design. The bioplastic NUATAN ® has been co-developed by crafting plastics! studio and is a new generation of bioplastic material for value added products made from 100% raw renewable resources; hypoallergenic and biocompatible. Crafting plastics! studio is based in Berlin and Bratislava and was founded in 2016 by Vlasta Kubušová and Miroslav Kral. The design research is funded by the Fritz und Trude FortmannStiftung für Baukultur und Materialien.

crafting plastics! studio is an award winning circular design and research studio based in Bratislava, Slovakia, founded by Vlasta Kubušová and Miroslav Král in 2016. The studio's practice focuses its expertise on cross-disciplinary research, development, and implementation of new generations of better ecological biocomposites into our current and future day-to-day lives. By combining science and design, cp!s revolutionizes properties, aesthetics, and values of perishable materials - from natural bioplastics to the environmentally responsive biocomposites for design and architecture.