The Hidden Beauty of Sludge
COLOUR IN THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY: AN INTERVIEW WITH COLOUR & MATERIAL DEVELOPER, AGNE KUCERENKAITE
Red Dot Award-winning designer, Agne Kucerenkaite, talks to Laura Perryman about colour, provenance and reconceptualising waste.
As the sustainability agenda becomes more urgent, industries are increasingly collaborating with designers to find ways to capture and capitalise on waste before it enters the biosphere.
“You can argue that when waste is used, the word loses its meaning. I’m giving a new identity to waste. It’s not a limitation; on the contrary, it encourages me to formulate and experiment creatively.”
— Agne Kucerenkaite
Generally, waste is considered to be a material problem. But by seeing colour potential in the most unpromising of places — drinking water treatment sludge — Agne Kucerenkaite has been able to elevate a messy miscellany of minerals into high-value ceramics. Kucerenkaite’s Ignorance is Bliss project challenges the very notion of waste and raises important questions about how we assign meaning and worth in the 21st century.
In this interview,
catches up with Agne to discuss the joys of working with a salvaged palette and the obstacles we will need to overcome if we are to enjoy a healthier relationship with colour, materials and our environment.
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