![Coconut Composite Board
Visiting professors Cheryl Wing-Zi Wong and Devan Simumovich initially thought they would be spending time during their stay in Bangkok getting a coconut ice cream business off the ground. But after seeing the massive amounts of plant waste generated by curries and coconut water, they hit on the idea of creating composite boards out of the organic material, plywood-like pieces they would would emboss with laser-cut steel templates.
"It’s a lowbrow material here,"says Wong. "Nobody is interested in having cocoboard in their home. But, if we can create a way for people who throw out coconuts in Bangkok to instead drop them off in a recycle center, [maybe we can] create a micro economy for waste coconuts." Photo 3 of 8 in Furniture Designs Made With Mind-Bending Materials by Patrick Sisson](https://images2.dwell.com/photos/6063391372700811264/6133585934555021312/original.jpg?auto=format&q=35&w=160)
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Coconut Composite Board
Visiting professors Cheryl Wing-Zi Wong and Devan Simumovich initially thought they would be spending time during their stay in Bangkok getting a coconut ice cream business off the ground. But after seeing the massive amounts of plant waste generated by curries and coconut water, they hit on the idea of creating composite boards out of the organic material, plywood-like pieces they would would emboss with laser-cut steel templates.
"It’s a lowbrow material here,"says Wong. "Nobody is interested in having cocoboard in their home. But, if we can create a way for people who throw out coconuts in Bangkok to instead drop them off in a recycle center, [maybe we can] create a micro economy for waste coconuts."