Designer develops chitin-based seed pods
In New York, designer Mara Zimmerman has developed SEAD, a seed delivery and cultivation material made from discarded seafood cells. Specifically, Zimmerman uses chitin from waste sources like shrimp and crab shells. Chitin, which is gaining interest as an emerging bioplastics, encourages seed germination and has pesticidal properties. SEAD users only have to break the […]
