Aleksandra Kaleta-Pyrek
Service Designer
Sustainable Futures by
Participatory Design
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TIKA ~ Throw it away for a change
First self-initiated project at Glasgow School of Art
Are you a nature enthusiast? Do you spend time outdoors?
Do you love to share your experience with others?
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We may have a new option for you...
We collect wasted tea leaves, disinfect them and create unique cups only for you! They are fully biodegradable and Earth-friendly :)
In areas with a high concentration of tourist activities and appealing natural attractions, improper disposal can be a major despoiler of the natural environment. Besides that, in mountain areas, trekkers and tourists generate a great amount of waste which is sent to landfill sites or incinerated.
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Statistically, every year festivals create more than 10,000 tons f rubbish. A 2015 report published by the Powerful Thinking revealed that UK festivals created 23,500 tons of waste and 68% went to landfill or incineration.
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Used tea grounds and fresh tea leaves contain nutrients and tannic acid that, when added to the soil, create a more fertile environment for a garden, landscape and container plants. They improve soil quality as they decompose.
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Leave your Tika behind as a present for our soil!
DESIGN PROCESS
DISCOVER & DEFINE
BIODEGRADABLE
COMPOSTABLE
OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES
(HIKING, CAMPING, FESTIVALS); YOUTH
- DISPOSABLE CUP
/PRODUCT TO KEEP
- FERTILIZER FOR PLANTS
MOODBOARD
Inspirations from Ma-tt-er Studio work.
​"(...) at a global growth rate of 3% per year we will mine, process and dispose of more stuff in the next 25 years than in the entire history of human civilization. Design for the environment is generally interpreted as the effort to adjust the present product design process (...)."
~ M.Ashby and K.Johnson, Materials and Design
" (...) we have to acknowledge the damaging consequences of our current activities, but designer must go beyond this, not simply by designing environmentally friendly products, but by challenging our understanding of 'functional objects', by reframing our conceptions of products, and byreassessing our notions of product aesthetics."
~ Stuart Walker, Sustainable by Design
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Mapping user research finding on handmade user journey
DEVELOP & DELIVER
A short user journey
Waste problem
How to create a circular economy within outdoor activities and outdoor cultural events?
Developing & branding
zero waste packiging...
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from tea waste
(look at Material
Experiences Project)
Prototyiping & testing
