#tomorrow machine

THIS IS INSANE...and based on such simple common sense that I just wanna jump up and dance around in jubilation.

**UPDATE**

We’ve just watched a C2C (Cradle to Cradle) documentary and it all makes sense so beautifully now. From nature, to nature. Biological cycle. No more useless waste, like in the rest of nature. 

'This too shall pass' packaging - by Tomorrow Machine +++ blog esprit design +++ nelly rodi ____

Playing With Our Food

Edible arrangements and fancy chefs turn food into art, but what about food packaging?

Designers are combining culinary arts with food packaging, creating vessels that are safe for the environment and even edible! No need for fancy garnishes, the packaging itself is a work of art. 

Combining biological engineering and design creates new ways of not only using food, but talking about food consumption.

Swedish design studio Tomorrow Machine has many creative packaging solutions, but one of the most exciting designs comes from the series “This Too Shall Pass”. The series includes packaging for oil-based products, smoothies and short lifespan liquids, and dry foods, such as rice. The oil package is “made of caramelized sugar, coated with wax”, and to open it you crack it like an egg. The package melts in water after use. The smoothie package is made of “gel of the agar-agar seaweed and water”. As the contents become closer to expiration, the package begins to wither. The rice package uses biodegradable beeswax and to access its contents you peel the package like a fruit!

Another innovative food packaging design is called “Edible Growth”, an ongoing project created by food designer Chloé Rutzerveld. The project combines 3D printing with food management and presentation, as everything, even the dirt, is edible.

These designers are part of a new wave of waste management design, where not only are we thinking about how to cut down waste, but how to make waste management LOOK good. It’s not only an innovation in design, but in biological engineering and sustainability too.

Fliper Mag 的新文章 http://flipermag.com/2014/11/06/tomorrow-machine/

未來食物包裝 瑞典設計工作室 Tomorrow Machine

  Tomorrow Machine（www.tomorrowmachine.se）來自瑞典，以 Stockholm 和巴黎為基地，難怪也跟 & Other Stories 一樣，散發同等的色彩和簡約氣息。Tomorrow Machine 這兩個字讓我有很多聯想，大概他們就是想建構一個擁有未來設備未來環境的世界。Tomorrow Machine 來自瑞典，以 Stockholm 和巴黎為基地，難怪也跟 & Other Stories 一樣，散發同等的色彩和簡約氣息。Tomorrow Machine 這兩個字讓我有很多聯想，大概他們就是想建構一個擁有未來設備未來環境的世界。

關於包裝、產品和概念，大概都是他們的拿手好戲。說到想到，包裝實在是壽命極其量短的一環；感覺似乎就像得到手之前就是寶貝，得到手以後盲必須撕破的一種。你總必需要撕開它、打破它；要不，在用掉以後你要壓垮它；你終要無條件耗盡它。

你有沒有想過怎麼一個牛奶紙盒需要花費幾年來消化化解，牛奶卻只過一星期就變壞。正正因為這樣，Tomorrow Machine 著手設計讓你每每都要感到徹底盡耗的包裝系列：This Too Shall Pass。讓包裝和食物一樣，同樣只佔據短暫的生命週期。

用 caramelized sugar 做的硬性包裝用來包裝油性物質，包裝可以溶解於水中；可以像雞蛋一樣一敲即碎。用來包米的包括用 biodegradable beeswax 讓你簡單地像用手翻開水果表皮一樣地翻開，主要用在乾貨之上。用海藻膠來做的包裝飲料，專門用來包裝需雪藏的流質。

    source: trendland

Food packaging is by far one of the most abundant plastic items polluting our planet.

Swedish designers Hannah Billqvist and Anna Glansén have started a company called  Tomorrow Machine and are attempting to make food packaging pollution a thing of the passed.

With caramelised sugar coated in beeswax to store oils and liquids that dissolve once cracked open to a juice box that can be thrown…

With waste being a huge issue, biodegradable products are a much-needed solution. Tomorrow Machine is creating 100% biodegradable food packaging (think agar, beeswax, sugar materials) and their awesome work has won design awards! This stuff will just waste away! One of their products is a self-expanding bowl (featured) that opens up when hot water is added. 

Reference: http://www.iflscience.com/environment/meet-next-generation-waste-free-food-packaging

Utensílios domésticos autolaváveis – o fim dos lava-louças

Lavar a louça está entre as tarefas domésticas mais detestadas. Há quem ache um verdadeiro martírio enfrentar o lava-louças, especialmente no Inverno. Conheça, pois, uma invenção que vai salvar a vida do seu lar: utensílios domésticos auto laváveis. A ideia partiu do desafio Ekoportal 2035, proposto pela Federação Sueca das Indústrias Florestais (Skogsindustrierna), com o intuito de desenvolver…