Anu Muiste

THE REUSABLE MODULAR PACKAGING FOR THE PAINTER

Author: Anu Muiste

Supervisors: Maria Pukk, Triin Jerlei

Curriculum: Circular Design

Nearly ten years ago, I publicly presented my first solo exhibition, which didn’t require much packaging because the exhibition took place in the neighboring building. For my second solo exhibition, I had to undertake a longer journey, which required more thorough packaging. After the exhibition installation, there was a large pile of plastic wrap, which the curator and I took to storage. The scene left behind stayed in my mind for a long time.

Participating in and organizing exhibitions come with the waste of single-use packaging, which can be reduced with reusable packaging. The goal was to design a modular reusable packaging for a painter to transport artworks, in order to replace the need for single-use materials in packaging. In the design development, I used the strategic tool of circular design – modularity. The aim was to create one product that replaces the need for multiple products. The result is a reusable packaging that can transport artworks of different formats.

Materials: KUMU advertisement poster textiles, second-hand roll remnants, and pillow stuffing.

KALENJIN LEGS

An artefact reflecting the environment - a soft sculpture

Waste type: Rivatex textile post-processing scrap

As a circular designer and artist, I looked at the environment and tried to understand what was important to the people living in the city of Eldoret, Kenya. What are their values ​​and what are they proud of? While visiting the sports competition with the locals, it quickly became clear that running is in the hearts of Kenyans.

Eldoret region is home to five major tribes: Kalenjin, Kikuyu, Luhya, Luo and Kisii. The Kalenjin tribe is called "the running tribe" because it is from this tribe that the most elite runners come. The most famous name combination KIP means that the man is from the Kalenjin tribe, for example, the famous local runners Kipchoge, Kipkeino and Kiptum. The Kalenjin tribe is further divided into nine sub-tribes, and among them the most runners come from the Nandi tribe.

The sculpture is accompanied by the locally recorded sound piece "What is the most important thing in your life?".

"Kalenjin legs" are made from postproduction scrap from Rivatex textiles. The filling material was wadding, a leftover material from pillows sourced locally in Estonia, which was intended for burning. After the exhibition, it is planned to reuse the material of the sculpture in a new creative project. This artifact is created following circular principles. Circular Art is constantly changing and will never be completely finished. Forming different shapes and creating new meanings, but constantly connected to the previous form. Becoming like a living organism that evolves, grows and shrinks until it reaches its natural end or stagnates.

Special thanks to: Elkana K Terer, Charles Lagat, Ruth Muhonja, Veronica, Aspel KIP Lagat, Joseph, Cecilia Che belli, Audri, Josaphat Igadua, Martin Vuks, Eero Muiste and Mother.

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