Bright colored tokens covering the hood on the North sea vacuum cleaner. From the production of the Vac from the sea. Electrolux.
Bright colored tokens, punched out of the plastic debris, forms the basis of the Sotenäs vac. From the production of the Vac from the sea. Electrolux.
From the production of the Vac from the sea. Electrolux.
Laying mosaic. ”Does it look good?”. From the production of the Vac from the sea. Electrolux.
A first look in the bag with debris from Hawaii. The gathered plastic pieces had a completely different color scale than the plastic from the other oceans. The plastic have been in the ocean for years. Bleached by the sun and corroded by salt water gives the plastic light pastel colors. From the production of the Vac from the sea. Electrolux.
Among the plastic from Hawaii was a rope that became the vacuum cleaner handle. From the production of the Vac from the sea. Electrolux.
Hood made of shredded PET-bottles. From the production of the Vac from the sea. Electrolux.
Leftover plastic. From the production of the Vac from the sea. Electrolux.
A first test: plastic pieces mounted in a mosaic manner. From the production of the Vac from the sea. Electrolux.
The hood made for the North Sea Edition is prepared to be mounted on the vac. From the production of the Vac from the sea. Electrolux.
Plastic debris from the Atlantic ocean. From the production of the Vac from the sea. Electrolux.
Plastic waste from two oceans. The french plastic from Marseille consisted mainly of PET-bottles and ”tourist litter”. The swedish plastic from Sotenäs contained different sorts of packaging, bottles, buckets and household waste. From the production of the Vac from the sea. Electrolux.
The first vacs ready for the IFA fair in Berlin. From the production of the Vac from the sea. Electrolux.
The material from Sotenäs was washed, cut in pieces and then punched into small circular tokens. From the production of the Vac from the sea. Electrolux.
The ”Punch tool”. From the production of the Vac from the sea. Electrolux.
Three of the sacks from Hawaii. From the production of the Vac from the sea. Electrolux.
The leftover plastic is placed in the transparent plexi podiums. From the production of the Vac from the sea. Electrolux.
