A groundbreaking sustainable design showcase has been unveiled at V&A Dundee.
Seven innovative material design solutions are on show in a brand new free display called Design for Our Times.
Museum bosses describe it as a ‘showcase of material innovation that offers inspiring, practical and desirable solutions to issues of re-sourcing, repurposing and reuse.’
The ingenious technology is being used across Scotland in the fields of product design, interior design, environmental design and construction.
The materials include repurposed waste, such as K-Briq - a building brick made from over 90% construction and demolition waste - and Draff, a material made of spent grain from local distilleries and breweries.
Less familiar substances such as mycelium - derived from fungus - and Mirrl, a hardwearing surface material inspired by Japanese lacquerware are also on show.
Exhibition curator, Susanna Beaumont, said: “We intend this exhibition to stimulate discussion and raise awareness of how adventurously and playfully working with materials has the potential to create a more sustainable world in which we want to live.”
The exhibition will showcase a variety of installations and objects from each designer, exploring sustainable solutions to overconsumption and material waste.
Terrace, by Glasgow-based artist, Andrew Miller, is shown alongside pendant lights made of glass vases found in charity shops.
Two stools by Fife-based Chalk Plaster explore the possibilities of gypsum, some of which is culled from waste plasterboard, as a new durable material.
Each design is explored through drawings, prototypes and interviews with the designers, highlighting how these materials present positive changes in how we consume and behave.
Francesca Bibby, Assistant Curator at V&A Dundee, said: “It has been great to collaborate with Design Exhibition Scotland to realise this exhibition and we're excited to showcase the huge potential of these seven design practices, all working right on our doorstep.
"We hope visitors are inspired by the innovative ways in which designers are rethinking waste materials and considering more environmentally sensitive processes.”
Design for Our Times is displayed in V&A Dundee’s Michelin Design Gallery, a free exhibition and project space on the upper floor of the museum, until next June.
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