Tappodario

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On average, each person in the EU produces 32 kg of plastic packaging waste annually. Moreover, almost half of all plastic products are only used once before they are disposed of shortly after use. This applies above all to plastic bottles, regardless of whether they are offered in reusable or disposable systems. This is not only harmful to the environment and an unnecessary waste of resources, but also a pity because with every discarded bottle a design piece is lost from which potentially something new could be created. A plastic bottle consists of different polymer plastics, usually HDPE for the screw cap and PET for the bottle itself. We use these resources to create a high quality, durable and personalised design product by reusing the bottle as a design element in a new way and recycling the screw cap into a formable „digital material“. The screw caps are first washed, shredded and then molded into a recycled filament that can be processed by a 3D printer into any desired shape. The Tappodario is inspired by a chandelier and uses 3D printing technology to create an individual light object. All technical, functional and design aspects are brought together in the coherent form of a platonic solid (dodecahedron). Next to the thread for the lamp socket a broad variety of plastic bottles can be screwed in via the integrated standard screw cap, allowing for an individual chandelier design and an atmospheric lighting mood.

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