The Botanica Collection 2011 is a project by Studio Formafantasma, commissioned by PLART (plastic + art), an Italian foundation dedicated to the research, conservation and restoration of works of art made from plastic: from Bakelite to Celluloid, resin to polyurethane. 

“Plastics are used as precious details, in an attempt to develop a new post-industrial aesthetic.” The vessels in the Botanica Collection are created with natural polymers extracted from plants or animal derivatives with natural palette tones, and combined with more traditional materials such as metal, wood, and ceramics. 

The new plastics: “reinterpreting centuries old technology lost beneath the impeccable surface of mass production.”