{"id":220339,"date":"2023-03-05T20:46:26","date_gmt":"2023-03-05T11:46:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/?p=220339"},"modified":"2023-03-05T20:46:26","modified_gmt":"2023-03-05T11:46:26","slug":"mum-project-changes-course-and-embraces-the-uncontrollable-nature-of-ocean-plastics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adfwebmagazine.jp\/en\/design\/mum-project-changes-course-and-embraces-the-uncontrollable-nature-of-ocean-plastics\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cmum\u201d project changes course and embraces the uncontrollable nature of ocean plastics as a gift from Mother Earth"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cmum\u201d project<\/h3>\r\n

M<\/span>ithridatism<\/em> happens to be the immunity condition to poison, which occurs by gradually self-administering non-lethal amounts of it.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

The term is derived from Mithridates VI, king of Pontus, who was so feared being poisoned that he regularly ingested small doses in order to become one with the substance, aiming to develop resistance.<\/p>\r\n

The following project \u201cmum\u201d is a story of a clever resistance, a tale about adaptation, and a kind of deal with the enemy to end up stronger.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

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\u201cNew nature, where ocean plastics are already part of our environment.<\/p>\r\n

Can we see this as gift from \u201cmum\u201d?\u201d<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n\r\n

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Initially established in Copenhagen in 2017 and co-founded by the Japanese duo Yuriko Yagi and Kazumasa Takada, the (now) London-based PAN- PROJECTS<\/a> is the architectural design studio behind the project \u201cmum\u201d, the dining-table concept commissioned by REMARE<\/a>, a sustainable start-up in Japan that aims at the revaluation of sea waste.<\/p>\r\n

As a matter of fact, the design project \u201cmum\u201d is far to be just a product.<\/p>\r\n

\u201cIn a world where marine plastics have become part of the environment, \"mum\" redefines these materials and damaged fishing gear as<\/i> blessings from the sea<\/i><\/b>. Instead of conceiving ocean plastics as pollution, \"mum\" accepts them as part of a new nature\u201d<\/i>, state the founders of PAN- PROJECTS in what is a mind-changing approach to the sea waste issue.<\/p>\r\n

The recycling process is linked to a \u201cmirroring\u201d action: ocean plastics have a unique character that differentiate them from factory-produced plastics. Fishing nets, wires or buoys take on the guise of the surfaces they float in, they are consumed by the salt developing uncommon scrapes on their \u201cskins\u201d, and they gain an individual character that is outside human control.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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By being ready to embrace the material as it is, \"mum\" presents ocean plastics as a material from the natural world.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Scattered surface to simulate the movement of the sea, the place where the gift comes.<\/p><\/div>\r\n\r\n

The mirroring effect is achieved by simulating the calm waves of the dark Japanese sea with a scattered surface, while telling the origin of the material by using a glossy plastic black for the sustainable table which highlights the preciousness of the ocean plastics - the gift from mum.<\/p>\r\n

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The title \"mum\" is derived from the traditional interpretation of Mother Nature in Japanese culture.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

\u201cJapan, surrounded by the vast expanse of the sea, has always embraced the ocean before the land, celebrating the gifts bestowed upon them by the Mother Sea. The people live their lives, deriving their sustenance from the ocean\u201d<\/i> is reported by PAN- PROJECT talking about the core inspiration of the project.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

For the Japanese culture, the sea (\u6d77 umi) has historically played a central role in the development of the country, by being one of the biggest source of life and a bridge to the world. So now \"Can we then, see ocean plastics as another gift from our Mother Sea?\u201d (PAN- PROJECT).<\/p>\r\n