Helena Lehn
Climate Designer focusing on Innovative solutions for sustainability with interests in bio-materials
Helena Lehn is an industrial designer from Denmark. With interest in innovation and new materials, focused on sustainability while designing meaningful products and solutions.
With her experimental approach to design she strives to create forward thinking products and materials, not contributing to more pollution and inappropriate use of the world’s resources. Which is also a reason for her ever-growing interest in bio materials.
Projects
A research study making bio foam from Agar and gelatin.
Some types of foam on the market have a limited useful life and cannot be reused. That's why we wanted to create a biodegradable alternative that could be returned to the earth after use. Through an iterative design process, we researched and developed bio-foam, with a primary focus on Agar and gelatin as natural gelling agents. The wish was to understand, examine and analyze the qualities of the foam in order to further develop and achieve the characteristics we were looking for.
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Grow Up - Vertical farming units for city center apartments reusing water in a hydroponic system and injection molded in recycled plastic.
To meet the growing need for food and to restore the lost connection to food production this project imagines a vertical indoor garden for city center apartments where the consumer can grow their own greens 365 days a year. The design solution reuses water via a hydroponic system and explores different growth medias such as coconut husk and hemp matts. The design is injection molded in recycled HDPE plastic which is sustainable but also allows for personalization. The design is modular, enabling the user to up- and downscale.