{"id":729921,"date":"2020-07-27T15:12:34","date_gmt":"2020-07-27T13:12:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.milk-food.de\/material-lab\/material\/calibrated-water\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T17:40:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T15:40:16","slug":"calibrated-water","status":"publish","type":"material","link":"https:\/\/www.milk-food.de\/en\/insights\/materials\/calibrated-water\/","title":{"rendered":"Super Synthetics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-auflosbares-trinkgefass-aus-reisstarke\">Dissolvable rice starch drinking vessel<\/h1>\n    <section class=\"info-slider alignfull\"\n             style=\"--items-per-row:2;\"  data-component=\"slider\" data-gap=\"0\" data-loop=\"\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n            <div class=\"slider__container swiper\">\n                <div class=\"slider__slides swiper-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t                        <div class=\"slider__slide swiper-slide theme--dark\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"teaser-format-contained teaser-format-contained--size-square\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milk-food.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/MILK-MaterialLab-Calibrated-Water-2-1000x1000.jpg\" class=\"teaser-format-contained__image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.milk-food.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/MILK-MaterialLab-Calibrated-Water-2-1000x1000.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.milk-food.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/MILK-MaterialLab-Calibrated-Water-2-480x480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.milk-food.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/MILK-MaterialLab-Calibrated-Water-2-720x720.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n\t\t\t                            <div class=\"theme--dark\">\n                    <div class=\"slider__button-prev swiper-button-prev theme--dark\"><\/div>\n                    <div class=\"slider__button-next swiper-button-next theme--dark\"><\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            \n\t\t\t             <div class=\"slider__scrollbar swiper-scrollbar\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t    <\/section>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-super-synthetics\">Super Synthetics<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With the <em>Super Synthetics<\/em> project, a drinking vessel based on natural materials was developed by <em>Maria Idicula Kurian <\/em>as her master&#8217;s thesis at <em>Central Saint Martins College<\/em>. Various ingredients such as rice pepper, potato starch and bacterial cellulose were experimented with and used in the project. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If liquid is added to the drinking vessel, it can be used for up to two days before it biodegrades on its own. The more layers of rice starch or rice paper that cover the container, the longer it will take to dissolve.   <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"is-style-sans-serif wp-block-paragraph\">Product name:<strong> Super Synthetics<br\/><\/strong>Manufacturer:<strong> Maria Idicula Kurian (term paper)<\/strong><br\/>Project status: <strong>Concept<\/strong> \/\/ Prototype \/\/ Ready for market \/\/ Ready for series production<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"is-style-sans-serif has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Source: Solanki, Seetal: Why Materials Matter. Responsible Design for a better World, Munich 2018, p. 194.<br\/>Image source: Maria Idicula Kurian <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dissolvable rice starch drinking vessel Super Synthetics With the Super Synthetics project, a drinking vessel [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":625653,"template":"","material_status":[1202],"material_category":[1409],"material_type":[2089,2112,2114,2090,2105],"material_food":[2100,2101,2102,2083],"material_topic":[2139,1411,1575,2087,2104,2111,1600,2085,1423,2110,1566],"class_list":["post-729921","material","type-material","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","material_status-concept","material_category-plastics-biopolymers","material_type-other-fibers","material_type-bio-based-polymers","material_type-compostable-polymers","material_type-organic-origin","material_type-other-polymers","material_food-alcoholic-beverages","material_food-non-alcoholic-beverages","material_food-other-liquids","material_food-various-foods","material_topic-alternative","material_topic-biodegradable","material_topic-compostable","material_topic-organic","material_topic-recycled-en","material_topic-renewable-en-2","material_topic-disposable-tableware","material_topic-non-packed","material_topic-upcycling-en","material_topic-waste-based","material_topic-zero-waste-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.3 (Yoast SEO v28.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>MILK. 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