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Nourish; Men

The Project Crux

Inspiration (Food → Design product)

Exploration & Research

Insights

(User-Centered Learnings)

Output

(Prototyping)

Design Lens

🍃 Meetha Paan → textures, layering, cultural significance

  • Research Question: How might food inspire sustainable materials?

Exploration (Material Mimicry)

Textile + Biomaterial experiments

  • Kitchen waste (watermelon rind, garlic peel, potato skin, leafy greens)

  • Iterative trials → perfected biomaterial recipes

💡 Food → Emotional resonance
💡 Kitchen waste → Sustainable, accessible inputs
💡 Users seek eco-friendly, everyday biodegradable solutions

🌱 Biomaterial → Sapling Bag

  • Brainstormed uses → gardening chosen

  • Prototype tested in garden setup

🔍 User Needs → Eco-friendly growing solutions
🔄 Iteration → Material testing & usability
📖 Storytelling → Cultural ritual → Sustainable product

Note: This project has a Design Registration under the Govt. of India

Nourish; Men

“Nourish” means to provide something with which one can grow and the word “Men” here refers to humans. The 'semicolon' is an emphasis on the thought that the bond of man and nature is almost hanging by the tread. So, the idea is for humans and nature to grow and embrace each other.

 

With the utility of this product, plants have healthy growth and humans grown in terms of being conscious consumers. They learn to put nature before anything else, because the truth is, we humans are just one of the million designs by nature for which we must be grateful to her.

Inspiration -

Paan is made from betel leaves and it is eaten with various fillings put on top. The leaf is wrapped up and chilled prior to serving

 

Mouth sweetener, freshener, digestive, symbol of hospitality—that's paan! Eating paan Indian food is popular all over Southeast Asia from India to Thailand and the Philippines to Vietnam.

 

Well-made paan is a sight to behold. In ancient India, and even today in the homes of Paan connoisseurs, special paan folding techniques are used. The gilouri, or triangle shape, is most popular and the shape is held in place by first folding the paan as desired and then inserting a clove into it (to act as a pin). The prepared paans are then placed in a special covered dish called the Khaas Daan. There are varied opinions on whether paan should be swallowed after chewing or spat out (into a special spittoon) after the flavors have been enjoyed.

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