Algae Geographies cup
Atelier Luma / Luma Arles
est. 2016
Studio Klarenbeek & Dros
Dutch, founded 2014
Eric Klarenbeek
Dutch, born 1978
Maartje Dros
Dutch
2019
A small cup grown from microalgae and a sugar-based biopolymer, made to test how living materials can be shaped into everyday objects.
Its warm, pale-beige body has a softly granular, almost velvety surface and a simple flared silhouette that tapers to a small faceted base, reading more like something cultivated than conventionally made.
Part of the biodesign movement, it shows how designers are cultivating biological materials as low‑impact alternatives to plastics and ceramics, translating living processes into usable objects.
Medium
Microalgae and sugar-based biopolymer
Dimensions
2 3/4 × 2 3/4 × 2 3/4" (7 × 7 × 7 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Gift of the designers
Accession
160.2019.14
Palette
Art Terms
Exhibitions
