The Gourd Cup

A Biodegradable Cup

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Hunter's comment

i really love the idea of maybe coming up with a way of mass producing this stuff and just even giving it away to people for the food they eat off, imagine being able to use a mould and effectively taking gourds and repurposing them.

For the last few years, CRÈME / Jun Aizaki Architecture & Design has been exploring a way to bypass this waste cycle through a biodegradable molded gourd. We call it “The Gourd Project”. Along the exploration that this thought intitiated, CRÈME identified gourds as a fast growing plant that bears robust fruits each season, developing a strong outer skin, and fibery inner flesh. Once dried, gourds have traditionally been used by ancestors as receptacles like cups. CRÈME explored this centuries-old craft, using molds to grow gourds into functional shapes, such as cups and flasks to create sustainable, renewable, and compostable products without waste

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https://www.thegourdproject.com/