BIOPLASTICS EXPERIMENT

Sustainable Materials and Processes class worked in teams of two to experiment with Bioplastics. Their assignment was to identify the appropiate ingredients and ratio that would produce a range of stiff, flexible, matte, textured, and glossy results, and then present and demonstrate to the class.  Ingredients included: gelatin, gylicerin, corn starch, vinegar,milk and potato starch. Some students employed their learnings to cast the final models of the Design Studio projects using bioplastics.

* Bioplostics logo is the courtesy of greenbiz.com

FIELD TRIP TO DAUPHIN FURNITURE

A field trip organized for the "Materials and Processes" class to Dauphin Furniture in Boonton, NJ. The goal of the visit was to understand the early steps of an end product before going to market; from the initial concept, development, refinement, feasibilty, and manufacturability to sustainability. First a very thorough presentation held by president Gary Chin, followed by a factory tour where students observed in-house production capabilities and apprehended the applications that were taught during the semester.