Curious and playful designer and problem-solver for environmental and social causes. Experienced in bio-based material development.
Co-founder at Caracara and Material Development Manager at Biohm.
Experience working with Levitat Aerial Mat (Barcelona), Atelier Remy & Veenhuizen (Utrecht), Atelier Van Lieshout (Rotterdam), Cassina & Cappellini Showroom (London).
Work featured in Dezeen, Treehugger, Inhabitat and The Guardian.
Work exhibited at Helsinki Design Week, Bildmuseet Umeå, London Design Festival, London Festival of Architecture, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, London Design Museum.
aleksi.mandin@gmail.com
In late 2018 Aleksi moved back to Helsinki and started a Mandin spin-off bio-design studio called Caracara Collective. The studio creates art and design installations and collections using biowaste generated by society. They promote a new wave of sustainable Nordic design, envisioning a future without harmful materials, where waste is a resource.
Biohm is a London-based research and development led company that aims to promote a healthier and more sustainable built environment. Their philosophy is to allow nature to lead innovation and create systems that benefit the human, the environment and the economy.
Aleksi’s work with Biohm started in the summer of 2017 when he met the company’s founder Ehab Sayed while exhibiting his ‘Grown Structures’ project in London. Since joining Biohm as Material Development Manager, he has led exciting research on mycelium materials. With Biohm, he is currently refining their recipes and techniques. Biohm is aiming to gain accreditation and start to use the material buildings as insulation and in the future, structurally.
Our fruit inspired Upcycling Sculptures was the first collaboration between all members of MANDIN.
Growing zero-waste structures from oyster mushrooms as an environmentally friendly construction method.
Exhibited as part of London Festival of Architecture and Made in Brunel Design Showcase, OXO Tower Bargehouse, 15-18 June 2017.
Check out the project at Dezeen.
Our fruit inspired Upcycling Sculptures was the first collaboration between all members of MANDIN.
16 million tons of orange peel waste is produced every year. A juicer in a café can generate up to 20 kg of waste orange peels during one summer day.
We collect fruit peels and turn them into durable and biodegradable objects with a nice scent.
Exhibited at Biodesign Here Now as part of London Design Festival, Open Cell, London, September 2018 Exhibited at Materials for Architecture, ILEC Conference Centre, April 2018, London Exhibited at Made in Brunel Pop Up Showcase, Design Museum London, January 2017 Exhibited at Made in Brunel Final Year Show, OXO Tower Bargehouse, June 2017, London Exhibited at EAT THIS! Festival, Amsterdam, 2015 & London Design Museum, 2017.
See our shop or enquire at aleksi.mandin@gmail.com about bespoke peel projects or hosting workshops.
An experiment which took its course after finding a pile of broken inner tubes on a bicycle trip.
What happens when you have a heat gun and a broken classroom chair?
Lampshade made from milk jugs.
Lampshades made from metal hangers and nylon fabric.
Modular lighting system made from from fibreglass and foam.
Hand dyed and printed t-shirts.
Soy Bottle blown together with Tarmo Maaronen of Bianco Blu Glass Studio in Fiskars, Finland.
Paintings and collages.
Haida Art Morse Code Smoke Ring Vending Machine
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