Here is a fascinating designer from Holland called Christien Meindertsma. Her work focuses on cycles of production. To do so she follows materials from their origins to their consumable form. With her project pig 05049 she went to the source - the specific 05049 pig - and collected all the products resulting from him/her. The original question behind this project was if all the parts of the animal were used. The answer is yes. 05049's remains were used up entirely: finding their way into candy, paint, shine, glue, soap, breaks, tiramisu, beer, collagen and American bullets (among others). All these were photographed in a book.
She's also explored lambs and wool, flax and string, plants and paper.
It's inspiring!
She's also explored lambs and wool, flax and string, plants and paper.
It's inspiring!
