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C.O.W.

Circular Organic Waste

Hosted by Björn Naumann & Karl Anton Schinkel

This project is now archived and was part of DDW23

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Circular Organic Waste
Circular Organic Waste
photo: Bjoern Naumann, Karl Schinkel
C.O.W. is a self-sufficient cooking station for local communities. Just as in a cow's stomach, biogas and biofertilizer are produced using a fermenter through the bacterial decomposition of cellulose in a CO₂-neutral way.

An open source cooking station with self-sufficient energy generation

Organic waste is a resource from which cooking gas and bio-fertilizer can be generated through the bacterial decomposition of plant residues and manure. The cooking station utilizes this process, locally providing independent energy for food preparation/production, strengthening social interactions within the community and relating energy use to consumption in a tangible way. The open access blueprint empowers anyone to start their own gas production using low-cost common finished products.
cooking area
cooking area
Bjoern Naumann, Karl Schinkel
gas storage
gas storage
Bjoern Naumann, Karl Schinkel
feeding the fermentor
feeding the fermentor
Bjoern Naumann, Karl Schinkel
the open-source blueprint
the open-source blueprint
Bjoern Naumann, Karl Schinkel

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Björn Naumann & Karl Anton Schinkel

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German Design Council
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About Björn Naumann & Karl Anton Schinkel

C.O.W. is a self-sufficient cooking station for local communities. Just as in a cow's stomach, biogas and biofertilizer are produced using a fermenter through the bacterial decomposition of cellulose in a CO₂-neutral way.

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Designer Bjoern Naumann
Designer Karl Anton Schinkel

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As featured in

Featured in https://www.burg-halle.de/hochschule/hochschulkultur/giebichenstein-designpreis/aktuelles/a/verleihung-der-giebichenstein-designpreise-2022-1/
Featured in https://germandesigngraduates.com/c-o-w-circular-organic-waste/
Featured in https://www.mkg-hamburg.de/ausstellungen/german-design-graduates-show-2023
Featured in https://www.zeit.de/news/2022-11/16/kunsthochschule-vergibt-giebichenstein-designpreis-2022?utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F
Featured in https://www.ndr.de/kultur/kunst/hamburg/Design-Graduates-Show-Wie-geht-nachhaltiges-Produktdesign,designgraduatesshow100.html
Featured in https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/der-design-nachwuchs-und-seine-utopien-ausstellung-in-hamburg-dlf-kultur-d33c7659-100.html
Featured in https://sachsen-designpreis.de/design-vision-award/nominierte
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MCI
Triodos
Dutch Design Foundation
Ministerie van OCW
Gemeente Eindhoven
Provincie Noord-Brabant
Brabant C
VPRO
Fonds 21
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