Eco BoomBox
Eco BoomBox is a prototype of a bioelectronic device.
This prototype is part of a research and development project that began in 2018 thanks to the support of the national fund for the arts of Argentina.
The goals focused on the evolution - of the biomaterials research initiated back in 2013 - and the development of new materials and biofabricated products for the exploration of their acoustic properties.
As a circular design strategy, the aim is to eliminate waste and contamination from the design process, replacing new electronic components with refurbished ones. Raw materials were selected to take advantage of the discards of Patagonian industries, to promote local development, the reduction of electronic waste, the reduction of the use of plastics, and the generation of new jobs in vulnerable social sectors of Patagonia Argentina.
Silvio Tinello
Industrial Designer, Fulbright alumni, Master in Sustainable Design (PhilaU). Pioneer in biofabrication in Argentine design and in the use of Yerba Mate as a nutrient for bio fabricated materials and products. Currently engaged in the research and development of biobased materials and their applications.
Throughout his career, he has won several awards and distinctions: Best Object Pure Design Fair; INNOVAR awards, Argentina; MIT Waste Alliance award; Healthy materials Lab award, from Parsons The New School NY.
He has also participated in artistic/scientific residences in Genspace, the first community lab in New York, and in numerous international fairs and exhibitions: Maison & Objet, Craft Design, 100% Design London, Salone del Mobile Milano, A Better World by design (RISD), Open Cell London, Victoria & Albert Museum. And will also be participating in the forthcoming Venice Biennale.
He currently works as a teacher of Sustainable Design in the Design career at the University of San Andres (Buenos Aires, Argentina) and as a teacher in the 1.11.14 hood, for the "Art in neighborhoods" program, setting precedents as the first biofabrication laboratory in vulnerable neighborhoods of the city of Buenos Aires.
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