METIS is part of JPDESIGNPRACTICE, London. JPDP London is a dynamic new practice with a clear focus on the environment, human health and well being. Unique and renewable materials are combined with contemporary design and technology. METIS Sea Grass Products are unique 100% eco friendly end products made from the Mediterranean Sea Grass “Posidonia Oceanica” .
THE SEA GRASS POSEIDONIA OCEANICA AS A PRIME MATERIAL The Mediterranean coast is full of sea grass Poseidonia Oceanica
The Local councils collect the sea grass from the beaches
The councils throw the sea grass as rubbish to the landfills and a proportion of the material is given to METIS
VALUE PROPOSITION OF THE SEA GRASS AS METIS PRIME MATERIAL • INSULATING PROPERTIES • GOOD RESISTANCE TO WATER VAPOUR DIFFUSION • GOOD FIRE RESISTANCE • RESISTANCE TO ROT (LONG LIFE)
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SEA GRASS Posidonia Oceanica
WAT E R
COTTON FABRIC
M AT E R I A L S
The BENEFITS for the environment using the
sea grass “Posidonia Oceanica” PANEL
reduce the amount of waist
reduce the amount of environmental harmful materials
increase recycling
reduce the air pollution in interior spaces
highlighting the aesthetic properties of the material
during processing there is no harmful waste
PRODUCTS
SEA GRASS PANEL
The application for the above sea grass panels are shown below: 1. Lamp shades 2. Wall coverings 3. Veneers Lamp shades are designed in a variety of sizes and colour frames in order to suit the client’s require-ments.
Each panel is designed in such way t h a t Wa l l C o v e r s e a m s a re disappeared.
V E N E E R S
The veneer panel has the natural sea grass Posidonia Oceanica colour and hue. The surface has a texture derived from the formation of the sea grass. Nevertheless, when final varnish or resin is applied the surface is flatten. In some cases, where desirable natural texture is required, surface sanding is avoided. METIS could provide many types of core options to fit your project specifications. • MDF, is a premier substrate for wood veneer. • Veneer Core Plywood, or VC, is a versatile product. It was developed to provide panels with dimensional stability and good strength both along and across the panel. • Variety of solid woods
W A L L Â C O V E R Â
The wall cover has the natural sea grass Posidonia Oceanica colour and hue. The wall cover surface has a texture derived from the formation of the sea grass.
OUR PHILOSOPHY
To improve environment and human health
WABI SABI Nearly all the arts in historical China and Japan derive their aesthetic principles from Taoism and Zen Buddhism. The two great philosophical traditions proved compatible specifically with the culture and psychology of Japan. The hallmark of a Chinese or Japanese masterpiece free of modern influence continues to be the naturalness and uncontrived, even "accidental" appearance of the work. The artist works with and harmonizes nature and its universal accidents. The guiding principles are wabi and sabi. http://www.hermitary.com/solitude/wabisabi.html
WABI SABI in Art & Design “Wabi-sabi is a beauty of things imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete. It is a beauty of things modest and humble. It is a beauty of things unconventional.” “The simplicity of wabi-sabi is probably best described as the state of grace arrived at by a sober, modest, heartfelt intelligence. The main strategy of this intelligence is economy of means. Pare down the essence but don’t remove the poetry” Wabi-Sabi: for Artists, Designers, Poets & Philosophers by Leonard Coren # ISBN-10: 0981484603 # ISBN-13: 978-0981484600
OUR VISION
We would like to fuse hi-tech materials with sea-grass Poseidonia Oceanica in order to create new products that are 100% natural with properties that will compete the commercial materials. “in exploring biological principles and living technology through design to create a more resilient future”. Carole NDesign A RTesearch U RProject E by & Collet, Reader and TFRC Deputy TDirector, E CCentral H NSaint OMarOns LOGY College of Art and Design, FUniversity U S Iof O the AN rts London.
image: Biolace at Futuro TexOle 3, Lille, France. hSp://www.carolecollet.com/dodesign/ biolace/
AWA R D S
METIS Sea Grass products has won the first prize at the CLEAN TECH OPEN category, during the Global Entrepreneurship Week in November 2013. It is an Honour for Metis Sea Grass Products and its team to have supporters His Excellency Mr Jan Versteeg, the Dutch Ambassador in Greece and Mr Laurence Kemball-Cook, a well known established London based designer, with an incredible work and CEO of Pavegen Systems Ltd, London.
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JPDESIGNPRACTICE London
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