METIS is part of JPDESIGNPRACTICE, London. JPDP London is a dynamic new practice with a clear focus on the environment, human health and well being. Unique and renewable materials are combined with contemporary design and technology. METIS Sea Grass Products are unique 100% eco friendly end products made from the Mediterranean Sea Grass “Posidonia Oceanica” .

The Mediterranean coast is full of sea grass Poseidonia Oceanica

The Local councils collect the sea grass from the beaches

THE SEA GRASS POSEIDONIA OCEANICA AS A PRIME MATERIAL

VALUE PROPOSITION OF THE SEA GRASS AS METIS PRIME MATERIAL

•  INSULATING PROPERTIES

•  GOOD RESISTANCE TO WATER VAPOUR DIFFUSION

•  GOOD FIRE RESISTANCE

•  RESISTANCE TO ROT (LONG LIFE)  

(Source:  www.anelixi.org)    

 

The councils throw the sea grass as rubbish to the landfills and a proportion of the material is given to METIS

reduce the amount of waist

The  BENEFITS  for  the  environment  using  the    

sea  grass  “Posidonia  Oceanica”  PANEL  

increase recycling reduce the air

pollution in interior spaces

reduce the amount of environmental harmful materials

highlighting the aesthetic properties

of the material

during processing there is no harmful

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SEA GRASS PANEL

The application for the above sea grass panels are shown below: 1.  Lamp shades 2.  Wall coverings 3.  Veneers

Lamp shades are designed in a variety of sizes and colour frames in order to suit the client’s require-ments.

Each panel is designed in such way t h a t W a l l C o v e r s e a m s a r e disappeared.

V EN E E R S  

The veneer panel has the natural sea grass Posidonia Oceanica colour and hue. The surface has a texture derived from the formation of the sea grass. Nevertheless, when final varnish or resin is applied the surface is flatten. In some cases, where desirable natural texture is required, surface sanding is avoided. METIS could provide many types of core options to fit your project specifications. •  MDF, is a premier substrate for wood veneer. •  Veneer Core Plywood, or VC, is a versatile product. It was developed to provide panels with

dimensional stability and good strength both along and across the panel. •  Variety of solid woods

WAL L   C OV E R  

The wall cover has the natural sea grass Posidonia Oceanica colour and hue. The wall cover surface has a texture derived from the formation of the sea grass.

O U R P H I L O S O P H Y

Nearly all the arts in historical China and Japan derive their aesthetic pr inciples from Taoism and Zen Buddhism. The two great philosophical t r a d i t i o n s p r o v e d c o m p a t i b l e specifically with the culture and psychology of Japan. The hallmark of a Chinese or Japanese masterpiece free of modern influence continues to be the naturalness and uncontrived, even "accidental" appearance of the work. The artist works with and harmonizes nature and its universal accidents. The guiding principles are wabi and sabi.

http://www.hermitary.com/solitude/wabisabi.html

W A B I S A B I

“Wabi-sabi is a beauty of things imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete. It is a beauty of things modest and humble. It is a beauty of things unconventional.”

“The simplicity of wabi-sabi is probably best described as the state of grace arrived at by a sober, modest, heartfelt intelligence. The main strategy of this intelligence is economy of means. Pare down the essence but don’t remove the poetry”

Wabi-Sabi: for Artists, Designers, Poets & Philosophers by Leonard Coren # ISBN-10: 0981484603 # ISBN-13: 978-0981484600

WABI SABI in Art & Design

To  improve  environment  and  human  health    

OUR VISION

We would like to fuse hi-tech materials with sea-grass Poseidonia Oceanica in order to create new products that are 100% natural with properties that will compete the commercial materials.

N A T U R E & T E C H N O L O G Y F U S I O N

Design  Research  Project  by  Carole  Collet,  Reader  and  TFRC  Deputy  Director,  Central  Saint  MarOns  College  of  Art  and  Design,  University  of  the  Arts  London.    

 image:  Biolace  at  Futuro  TexOle  3,  Lille,  France.  hSp://www.carolecollet.com/dodesign/biolace/  

“in exploring biological principles and living technology through design to create a more resilient future”.

A W A R D S

METIS Sea Grass products has won the first prize at the CLEAN TECH OPEN c a t e g o r y , d u r i n g t h e G l o b a l Entrepreneurship Week in November 2013. It is an Honour for Metis Sea Grass Products and its team to have supporters His Excellency Mr Jan Versteeg, the Dutch Ambassador in Greece and Mr Laurence Kemball-Cook, a well known established London based designer, with an incredible work and CEO of Pavegen Systems Ltd, London.

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JPDESIGNPRACTICE London

London : 39 Russia Dock Road London SE16 5NL Athens : 108 Kidonion str., Athens 14234 yannispavlakis@yahoo.co.uk https://www.facebook.com/pages/METIS-Innovative-Design/227798270702863 Links: http://issuu.com/ioannis63/docs/lampshades/1