Are material processes the answer to the reduction of water wastage in industry?
In celebration of World Water Day we have designed a series of posters and videos with Our Place that communicate how material processes are considerably reducing water wastage and usage within architecture, textiles and the packaging industries.
Architecture has developed a water dependence. Water is a source of energy, maintenance and security within the built environment, embedded in the foundations, running through the pipes.
StoneCycling have created bricks which are now being constructed using a dehydration process.
Focusing on three different industries, products and processes we highlighted where technological advances in combatting water waste are being demonstrated with a series of posters and animated posters.
We looked towards increases in material uses and processes that hoped to reduce, make with and eliminate excess water usage, protecting this precious resource.
Zero was a consideration of saving water by not including it in the process of making. Eliminating the need for water as a resource within textile production could enable a much safer and environmentally friendly alternative.
Faber Futures developed a laboratory technique which eliminates the need to use excessive quantities of water to dye fabric. The prints are the result of living bacteria which create the pigment.
Credits: Graphic Design Our Place, StoneCycling, Ari Jónsson, Faber Futures.