Posted Wednesday 19 May 2010
The Mulch Men will be meeting fans at Kingston University's Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture's Undergraduate Degree Show from 6th to 11th June. The figurines, designed by 24 year old Arran Evans, will be on display alongside a host of imaginative ideas from the Faculty which encompasses animation, film making, interior and exterior design, photography and surveying.
"I found that a lot of toys contain a whole variety of chemicals and there's no way parents can find out what's in them," Arran, who has found a way of manufacturing the Mulch Men using a plastic derived from potato starch, explained. "I wanted to design something for boys aged between eight and twelve. At that age, they love colourful plastic toys that they get stuck into and have fun with."
And finally, rather than disappearing into a box in the attic, the Mulch Men could simply be thrown away on a compost heap, she said.
Originally from the Dublin suburb of Monkstown, Arran is in the third year of her Product and Furniture Design degree.
This year the range of ideas includes an algae cultivator capable of providing a family with 25% of its food, a set of designs for furniture which would be manufactured by autistic craftsmen and a new form of soundproofing for musicians.
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