translucent skin

An often forgotten aspect of the fishing industry, are the residual fish skins. This project aims at re-using the thrown-away salmon skins, by celebrating their lightweight and translucent material properties. The long material experimentation phase revealed the natural properties of the fish skin.

The material research resulted in a space divider. The visual language is inspired by traditional fishing nets, intending to remind us of the endangered species that are being overfished. The individual modules of the space divider have been inspired by the shape of fish bones.