The solid biomaterial COCOA is made with 50% of surplus from local industrial chocolate production and offers a multi-sensory experience due to its scent and the human emotional connection to chocolate. The material is in development but might be used for applications such as wall-covers and interior products.

COCOA was featured within the curated space ‘Designing for the Senses‘ by Material Driven at Architect@Work in London, which placed the material in the context of the built environment, looking at future visions of our connection and interaction with sensory, sustainable and healthy building materials.

COCOA was explored within cross-disciplinary collaborations and client projects, such as ZERO by PriestmanGoode and KUSK, co-created with Punctuate.

More material information: via Material District

Exhibitions: currently at the London Design Museum: ‘Waste Age: What can design do?

Publications: Wallpaper*, 360degrees Magazine

Awards + Nominations:

• Green Concept Award, finalist: Circular Materials, 2021

• RO Plastic Prize, Guiltless Plastic, finalist: Innovative Textiles, 2020

Please note samples are not available as the research is currently on hold due to other projects :)

2021: ‘Waste Age: What Design Can Do?’, London Design Museum, London, 23rd Oct -

2021: Healthy Heroes, ARCHITECT@WORK Kortrijk, curated by Material District, 21st - 22nd Oct

2021: Dutch Design Week, Green Concept Award, 16th Oct - 24th Oct

2020: 'Ro Plastic Prize', finalist of the 'guiltless plastic prize', on display @ Galleria Rossana Orlandi, Milan

2020: 'Rethinking Plastic', Eindhoven, 1st Sept - 5th October

2020: 'Designing for the Senses - curated by Material Driven' at Architect@Work, London, 29th - 30th January

2019: 'Future Matter' at Designers Open, Leipzig, 25th - 27th October

2019: 'Biodesign Here Now' at Open Cell, London Design Festival, 19th - 21st September