In collaboration with REDUCE-researchers Nina Heidenstrøm and Marie Hebrok, project partner from The Norwegian Museum of Science and Technology Tone Rasch has developed a module based on project results that is permanently placed in the existing plastic exhibition. The module contributes to the planned updating of the exhibition.
The film documents The Plastic Detox (Plastbantarna) project conducted by KTH in the REDUCE project. In an unusual experiment, KTH researchers empty the Hesse family’s home—only to rebuild it again, this time almost completely without plastic. For one month, the family will use objects made of wood, metal, glass, wool, and ceramics. The big question in the film is: Can you live a good everyday life without plastic?
What would your life look like if all the plastic in your home disappeared overnight? For one month, the Hesse family lived completely without plastic, finding ways to manage everyday life using products made of wood, metal, glass, wool, and ceramic. The exhibition Plastbantarna (The Plastic Detox) reveals what happened—and what is hiding in our homes.
The REDUCE workshop brought together insights from WP2 and WP3 as input for WP4 Future Scenarios. Together, the workshop set the stage for developing future-oriented interventions and films that will provoke reflection on the role of plastics in everyday life.
Ayse Kaplan Sarisaltik has conducted two workshops at the conferences Relating Systems Thinking and Design (RSD12), and the 5th PLATE Conference.
Ayse Kaplan Sarisaltik has delivered a presentation and a paper entitled: Leverage points for reducing the consumption of plastics – social practices as a starting point for systemic design (co-authored by supervisors Marie Hebrok and Tore Gulden).
Work is progressing in the REDUCE project, and on June 8th, we had a large gathering with many of the partners where we discussed preliminary findings from the various work packages. We have conducted focus groups with consumers, analyzed how the plastic problem is discussed politically, and developed methods to map the systems in which plastic is involved.
REDUCE was presented to an international audience at the EU Design Days in Brussels June 10th by head of studies Julia Jacoby. The event is an initiative of the ERRIN Design & Creativity Working Group, which aims at promoting design and creativity as tools for innovation. Project leader Marie Hebrok was there as part of a group from the Department of Product Design and the Section for Research and Development at OsloMet.
At Kulturhuset in Oslo on April 21st , we met to talk about plastics. What do we surround ourselves with every day, which is not packaging, but still made of plastic? What role do these products play in our lives? What is visible and invisible plastic? Where does plastic make sense and where is it superfluous? What political processes and ways of talking about plastic affect consumption? And how would we do without plastic? These questions are at the heart of our research project REDUCE.
The REDUCE consortium gathered for the first time on Zoom on the 11th of February 2022. We had an inspiring day of listening to and discussing each others perspectives and experiences, and are looking forward to embarking on the numerous tasks of REDUCE.
