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Pineapple fiber Biomaterials

This project was part of DDW 2019

Sustrato is an experimental design project based in Mexico that makes use of soft and tough biomaterials from pineapple production wastes and applies them to the creation of furniture and decorative products.

Ciudad Isla, Veracruz is one of the most important pineapple-producing towns in Mexico.
During the production process most of the leaves are separated from the fruit to satisfy all the height and quality requirements from each supermarket. Some of the le

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Pineapple production