Product Info
Seating eco-furniture design elements from fibrous plants
This product is completely natural and sustainable, made from naturally biodegradable materials and renewable sources, easily recycled. It respects the principles of a sustainable economy, solves the problem of furniture disposal, helps stop negative ecological factors, and contributes to the promotion and implementation of sustainability policy in Lithuania and Europe.
The product respects nature and environment, and uses raw materials of Lithuanian origin. This guarantees the user’s emotional satisfaction. We use locally-sourced fibrous plants such as hemp (Cannabis sativa), flax (Linum usitatissimum L.) and nettle (Urtica dioica L.).
For the biomass of plant fibers and woody particles only biological binders and molding technologies are used, employing the ability of fibrous plants to stick together with cellulose bonds.
About the designer
Inga Valentinienė
Inga Valentinienė accomplished her BA in Construction and Production of Interior Elements at Kaunas College and gained her qualification degree as a technologist of construction materials. In 2009, she graduated in graphic design at VDA, and in 2011 obtained her MA in Fine Arts. Her PhD project in 2016 was called “Locally-Sourced Fibrous Materials Used in Eco-Friendly Furniture Design”; with it, she obtained her PhD in Art and Design. Since 2004 Inga has been working as a lecturer and docent. Since 2012 she has been the Head of the Department of Industrial Technologies and Design, and since 2018 the Head of the Academy of Arts in Kaunas College. In 2013 she was awarded the “Best Lecturer of the Year” award, and in 2015 “Keep up with the Alma Mater” award for her patented invention “Fibrous Plants Panels and Methods to Obtain Them”.
