Keio University

PRojects 2023

Vleur

Magdalena Garibaldi, Tianyu Jin, Suguira Masaya, Sabrina Tian, Ami Torii

Vleur is a device that converts food waste into personal care products using ultrasonic waves, maceration, and a scoby growth medium. Food waste is put into the device, which then extracts essential oils and creates a natural face mask.

Matthew Waldman is best known as the founder of NOOKA, the lifestyle design brand which brought the revolution of interface design to physical products and created unique timepieces that reinterpreted how time was told. At KMD, Professor Waldman turns his focus to circular design with a focus on expanding the designer toolkit towards material science and biodesign. Professor Waldman founded the SAMCARA “evolution by design” research lab at KMD in the fall of 2017. SAMCARA seeks to build a new language for the circular economy and to prepare innovators to embrace a new era of design that has an increased focus on bio-design, circular design, and material design. SAMCARA participates in the International Biodesign Challenge in New York City each year and works with Japanese corporations to develop new approaches to their businesses based on our philosophy.