Bonyeon Funzione Primaria: Materiale Biodegradabile by Jooen Lee

Bonyeon Funzione Primaria: Materiale Biodegradabile by Jooen Lee is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award di Ferru in Pruduttu Sustenibile Competition Category.

FerruPruduttu Sustenibile· 2021

Bonyeon Funzione Primaria: Materiale Biodegradabile

by Jooen Lee

Client: Jooen Lee

A' Design Award di Ferru Winner in Pruduttu Sustenibile Category

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The Design

About Bonyeon Funzione Primaria: Materiale Biodegradabile

Testu di u Libru: Bonyeon hè un materiale biodegradabile impiegatu per i prudutti domestichi, cum'è l'illuminazione è i vassoi. Bonyeon hè cumpostu solu di sottiprodutti agricoli è d'a pesca scartati, cum'è a crusca di risu, a scorza è l'alga, tenuti inseme cù adesivi naturali di proteine è di micro-urganisimi. U materiale hè leggeru è durevule, è imita u culore, u sciacquime è a tessitura di a natura. Bonyeon si decompone cumpletamente in un ambiente naturale è ùn lascia alcuna sustanza dannosa. A pruduzzione hè pussibule in un picculu attelliere o in casa cù pocu capitale, è l'usu di sottiprodutti aghjunghje un rèditu per i paesi agricoli è di pesca.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award di Ferru

Bonyeon Funzione Primaria: Materiale Biodegradabile hè un vincitore di u premiu A' Design Award di Ferru, una ricunniscenza prestigiosa attribuita à i boni disegni chì rispondenu à i requisiti prufessiunali è industriali aspettati da creazioni ben cuncipite. I vincitori di Ferru dimustranu una grande abilità, una alta specializazione, una cumpresa esperta è a capacità creativa di i so creatori. Si aspetta chì Bonyeon Funzione Primaria: Materiale Biodegradabile sia una creazione assai apprezzata, ammirata è cara chì hè pratica è innuvatrice. Stu disegnu vincitore di u premiu A' Design Award di Ferru integra e migliori pratiche di u settore è hà caratteristiche tecniche cumpetenti ligate à u sapè fà è à u talentu. Bonyeon Funzione Primaria: Materiale Biodegradabile hè rispettatu per a so meticulosità è hè cuncipitu per furnisce miglioramenti di a qualità di a vita chì aiutanu à fà di u mondu un locu megliu.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Consisting only of discarded byproducts and microbial binders, this simple material is not only easy for individuals to produce, but also closely imitates the color and texture of nature and is rich in the natural aroma of byproducts. Bonyeon is light and durable, and the minerals and plant substances it contains promote air quality and regulate humidity so it is suitable for a wide range of living products, lighting or wall tiles, and it is decomposed by 100pct in a common natural environment.
Dimensions & Packaging: Bonyeon is three versions of rice bran and sawdust, seaweed and mugwort, and rice bran and bark variants. As a prototype, lights and trays were developed.
The presented lighting object size: W190 mm x D190 mm x H220 mm, W 190mm x D 190mm x H 125mm
The presented tray object size: W60 mm x D160 mm x H60 mm, W93 mm x D106 mm x H50 mm, W70 mm x D110 mm x H26 mm
Tags: greendesign, biodegradation, eco, noplastic, interior, tray, plate, living, sustainable, homeware
Production Technology: The lights and trays produced in the co2 neutral material cycle are made by layering thin layers of adhesives consisting of proteins and microorganisms and Korea's primary industry byproducts such as rice bran, bark and seaweed. This delicate mixture embodies a fragrance and color that does not lose its natural properties, and a unique surface texture is added to complete the vitality of nature. It can also be easily modeled by controlling its strength and elasticity with natural adhesives.
Design Challenge: The hardest part of the project was finding a solution to produce new materials using innovative structural technologies that rely solely on the physical properties of powders and pallets of byproducts. Various experiments were conducted to create an overall harmonious impression by emulating the colors, fragrances and textures of nature. An additional challenge was to maintain that design, environment and farming and fishing villages can coexist and communicate with each other.
Research: The idea of using only byproducts and microbes emerged as the embodiment of sustainable products, expressed in a new form by realizing the principle of circular sustainability. Bonyeon combines a unique construction method and nature-oriented design to create a delicate and unusual object. This is the result of years of research and experimentation for individuals to use wasted resources with little capital. Bonyeon artistically creates a meaningful symbiosis between users and local community.
Inspiration: Large corporations produce biodegradable plastic, but this requires huge capital for production facilities and certain conditions for decomposition. So Jooen Lee developed a Bonyeon that could be easily made with a small capital, from material production to product making in a small workshop or at home, and easily thrown away in nature. This fresh idea is paired with a wider view that the agricultural and fishery byproducts thrown away every year can be a resource for new materials.
Project Duration: Bonyeon is an ongoing project. The prototype was designed in 2019 and is based in regions of Korea in Geochang, Wando and Nonsan. Jooen Lee has been working on manufacturing solutions to enhance the sustainability of materials and create solutions for a wide range of customers. With further improvements in transportation are expected to be completely co2 neutral by 2022. Jooen Lee plans to establish rural hub cooperatives to increase production while continuing to supply the domestic market.
Operation Flow: Biodegradable material Bonyeon that provides stability and vitality to users with dynamic texture and comfortable scent interacts with users, rural economy, and nature. Users can throw it onto the home yards, sea and soil like a banana peel and no harmful substances remain in the decomposition process. At the same time, Bonyeon is made from discarded byproducts, it creates additional income for farming and fishing villages, revitalizing the rural economy and alleviating local income inequality.
Image Credits: #1~5 Photographer, Hyunggyu Kim, 2021.