Ocean plastic is a type of marine debris. Plastics that have drifted in the sea for many years look like fish eggs and are easily eaten by sea creatures. Plastics that are not eaten often float in the sea. The result is a plastic garbage patch at sea. At this years London Design Biennale, Australian designer Neill, who is currently developing in the UK, used these marine plastic wastes to design a table "Gyro" that is full of the depth and sadness of the ocean.
This year’s London Design Biennale takes Design Utopia as the theme, inviting everyone to use design to create an ideal new world to commemorate the concept of utopia proposed by Thomas More five hundred years ago. A total of architects from 37 countries and designers participating in the exhibition.
Neill works with environmentalists in the international community to collect ocean plastic from all over the world, and then works with scientists and other designers to transform these ocean plastics into usable materials.
Neill first classified the plastics according to color, and then performed post-processing to simulate a terrazzo floor effect similar to granite or marble. The plastic raw materials were blue, white, black, brown, and green, according to the color from light to dark, from the center. They are spread out and arranged on the tabletop, forming an endless gradient effect, just like a black hole in the ocean with a faint light in the center but no bottom visible. Finally, the computer is used to cut it and it becomes the table in front of everyone.
In the process, Neill not only thought about the concept of "waste designed for use", but also gained a better understanding of the global problem of ocean plastics.
Gyro is not Neills first design work using recycled materials. In 2008, he designed a chaise longue Remix using recycled plastic and plywood. Each material is layered with parallel lines and is matched with computer cutting. , making the lines smooth and supple, full of an avant-garde sense of the future.
Neill’s hometown is AustraliaBruny Island in Tasmania originally had beautiful beaches and picturesque scenery, until plastic garbage kept being washed ashore by the waves, destroying everything. So Neill decided to turn these garbage into commodities, hoping that one day, Return plastic to the economy and leave nature a clean world. Next, Neill will further modify the plastic material so that it can be put into mass production in the future and attract more peoples attention.
