On waste as material
Digitalt
Moderator: Katie Treggiden
Panelists: Ana Cristina Quiñones, Lay Koon Tan, Simon Ballen Botero, Susie Jahren
Moderator Katie Treggiden explores the notion of using waste as a raw material with designers, makers, and researchers.
Lecturers
Katie Treggiden Moderator
Writer & Speaker
Treggiden champions a circular approach to craft and design and focuses on creativity as a positive agent for social change. Having written four books, established an independent magazine, and contributed to publications such as The Guardian, Design Milk, and Monocle24, she undertook a master’s degree in the history of design at the University of Oxford.
Ana Cristina Quiñones Panelist
Founder
Materia Madura
Ana is a Material, Product, and Furniture Designer from Puerto Rico who specializes in sustainability and material innovation. She creates effective and meaningful solutions to environmental issues by designing sophisticated objects that have a story to tell through their materiality.
In 2012, Ana started to create an innovative plantain and coffee waste-based material composite and continued to further develop and refine it through research and design until finally establishing it in 2015 under the name Materia Madura. Since then, she has developed a wide range of products that have been exhibited globally throughout galleries, museums, and acclaimed design fairs. Her work has also been published throughout a variety of international publications. In 2020, she expands Materia Madura into a brand and a business; offering sustainably designed products made with local, innovative waste-based materials to be accessible to all through an online platform.
Lay Koon Tan Panelist
Co-founder
Nature Squared
Nature Squared is an ethical business, leveraging heritage craft skills in emerging countries to transform waste natural materials into luxury surfaces for diverse applications. It’s found in the most exclusive surroundings – from the dashboard of a Rolls-Royce Phantom to superyacht, residential, hospitality, and commercial interiors. Their maxim: “Trade not aid”.
Simon Ballen Botero Panelist
Product Designer
Passionate about cultures and local traditions, the Colombian has travelled and worked closely with artisans, communities, and indigenous cultures in Europe and Latin America. His work focuses on the use of local resources and materials to create sustainable solutions for the local community and has been published in the likes of Dezeen, Domus, and Wallpaper Magazine
Susie Jahren Panelist
Director of Circular Solutions
AION by Aker
With a long background as a sustainable plastics researcher and innovator in the transition to a circular economy, Jahren now leads AION’s pioneering Circularity as a Service (CaaS). It’s industrially scaling a circular plastic economy by offering a data-driven solution for reporting together with a physical circular product replacing existing linear product value chains