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Dungse: Shit Matters. In conversation with Itika Gupta
Tiny Farm Friends
English - December 21, 2021 10:14 - 57 minutes - 52.4 MBDesign Arts Science Nature environment biomaterials live intentionally mud nature homestead intentional living tiny farm lab earth architecture ecocommunity Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Itika Gupta is a founding partner at Studio Carbon, a studio that works at the intersection of design, systems, and storytelling. Through Dungse, cow dung bio-composites, created in collaboration with Studio Lindey Cafsia, they aim at giving the age-old natural material cow dung a contemporary spin by combining modern design skills with ancient indigenous knowledge.
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💩Time Stamps
00:00:00 - Intro
00:02:34 - Background story
00:04:53 - Why choose Cow Dung?
00:09:18 - Dungse raw materials and experiments
00:12:28 - Dungse applications
00:16:15 - Biocomposite properties
00:19:20 - Biomaterials and innovation
00:22:00 - Design infrastructure in Netherlands and India
00:25:34 - Future of circularity in India
00:28:12 - Open source information vs Intellectual Property
00:31:47 - Response to Dungse as a product
00:34:55 - Vision for Dungse
00:38:12 - Importance of intersection of design and science
00:40:21 - Biomaterials with potential
00:44:20 - Key challenges with Biomaterials adoption
00:48:45 - Experiments at Studio Carbon
00:51:47 - Dreams ahead
00:51:47 - What if...
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