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OXMAN
United States
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 10 ก.ย. 2020
Envision a future of complete synergy between Nature and humanity, where human-made and Nature-grown become indistinguishable.
OXMAN is a new kind of company fusing design, technology, and biology to invent multi-scale products and environments-allowing design to empower science and science to empower design. As activist designers, we call for a fundamental shift from human-centric design to Nature-centric design. Categorical delineations between climate change and global pandemics, loss of biodiversity and loss of empathy for one another give way to authoring systems that address manifold challenges. Through this shift, we open ourselves up to moving beyond mere maintenance of Nature toward its radical betterment.
OXMAN is a new kind of company fusing design, technology, and biology to invent multi-scale products and environments-allowing design to empower science and science to empower design. As activist designers, we call for a fundamental shift from human-centric design to Nature-centric design. Categorical delineations between climate change and global pandemics, loss of biodiversity and loss of empathy for one another give way to authoring systems that address manifold challenges. Through this shift, we open ourselves up to moving beyond mere maintenance of Nature toward its radical betterment.
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OXMAN unveils the Oº shoe - a 100% biodegradable shoe made without petrochemicals, producing zero microplastics. Learn more about Oº and OXMAN at oxman.com/projects/o0
The Oᵒ collection is made using patent pending OXMAN technology that integrates digital, material, biological and robotic innovations and uses a single organic material to create 100% biobased consumer products
OXMAN, a design lab whose mission is to create and deliver nature-centric products and environments to its clients and the natural world, has unveiled Oº, a bio-material, digital and robotic technology platform that powers the production of biobased textiles and wearables that are 100% biodegradable when disposed of, made entirely with organic material and without petrochemicals or glues, and producing no microplastics. Oº (pronounced “O-Zero”) removes the complexity inherent in conventional fabrication processes, enabling the creation of consumer products from one material, under one roof, with minimal human intervention - through a nearly zero-waste process. The first product to be created using Oº platform is a collection of shoes made entirely of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs), a class of organic material known for its versatility and biodegradability.
© 2024 OXMAN. All rights reserved.
The Oᵒ collection is made using patent pending OXMAN technology that integrates digital, material, biological and robotic innovations and uses a single organic material to create 100% biobased consumer products
OXMAN, a design lab whose mission is to create and deliver nature-centric products and environments to its clients and the natural world, has unveiled Oº, a bio-material, digital and robotic technology platform that powers the production of biobased textiles and wearables that are 100% biodegradable when disposed of, made entirely with organic material and without petrochemicals or glues, and producing no microplastics. Oº (pronounced “O-Zero”) removes the complexity inherent in conventional fabrication processes, enabling the creation of consumer products from one material, under one roof, with minimal human intervention - through a nearly zero-waste process. The first product to be created using Oº platform is a collection of shoes made entirely of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs), a class of organic material known for its versatility and biodegradability.
© 2024 OXMAN. All rights reserved.
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