Crafting Plastics Studio

Can colour be sustainable?

Colour is often the overlooked part of material innovation. While developing bio-based materials, we realised that sustainability needs to go beyond the material itself - it also includes the way we colour and finish its surface.

This question became the starting point for a collaboration between Crafting Plastics and the PhD research of Mgr. art. Soňa Otiepková, with expert consultation from Ing. Lukáš Gál, PhD. from the Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology at the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava.

This resulted in an alternative approach: a bio-based coating system using a transparent plant-derived resin made from epoxidised soybean oil combined with carefully selected mineral pigments.

The goal was to create a surface treatment that respects the character of biomaterials while adding colour and protection - without relying on conventional synthetic coating systems that can limit their circular potential.

a vibrant interior for .kaviarne, where custom tabletops and lightings made from Nuatan bioplastic contribute to a distinctive spatial identity.

Colours and textures come together to create a playful yet cohesive experience.

is on.

Find us at the .design exhibition with our new lighting piece, created in collaboration with .

📅 10–12 June
📍 Gammel Dok
Strandgade 27B, 1410 Copenhagen K

Next stop: Copenhagen

Biocolumns are making their way to .

10 - 12. June
Gammel Dok, Strandgade 27B,
1410 Copenhagen

See you there

📷 .saparova

A vibrant interior for .kaviarne, where custom tabletops and lighting made from Nuatan bioplastic contribute to a distinctive spatial identity.

Colours and textures come together to create a playful yet cohesive café experience.

Custom Nuatan bioplastic table tops created for the newly opened .kaviarne.

Nuatan brings a unique, warm and tactile presence to the space, with subtle, intentional irregularities that make each surface feel alive rather than industrially uniform. Through heat-pressing, textures and patterns can be precisely tailored, allowing material expression to become part of the design language itself.

What grows between
milano | .design.week

A vertical system where roots, water, and bioplastics form a shared environment - growing, reacting, and signalling in real time. Subtle shifts in colour reveal changes within, turning invisible processes into something we can perceive.

Not a fixed object, but a structure in constant negotiation with life.

On view at Alcova during Milan Design Week 2026.

📷 Lucas Clemens