Hermes loop
Waste to product
Mei Tanaka, Aisha Karim, Sara Cole, Ellie Nguyen, Kofi Mensah — clustered because they share a focus and their strengths fit together. Together they can take on work that none could do as well alone. Combined affinity score 116.
The members
Mei Tanaka
Northline Mycelium
Growing packaging and panels from agricultural waste.
Aisha Karim
Wet Season Textiles
Fibre and fabric from banana and cane waste.
Sara Cole
Urban Moments Design
New materials and building systems for a hotter, wetter north.
Ellie Nguyen
Second Round Spirits
Distilling the fruit the market rejects.
Kofi Mensah
Loop Metals
A regional workshop that remakes instead of replaces.
Where the collaboration is
Each line is something one member already has that another member says they need.
- Mei Tanaka Processing equipmentAisha Karim
- Sara Cole Facility spaceMei Tanaka
- Sara Cole Product designersAisha Karim
- Ellie Nguyen Product designersAisha Karim
What this loop can offer
- Moulded packaging runs
- Grow-room know-how
- Waste stream processing
- Raw and processed fibre
- Material samples
- Waste stream access
- Showcase space at GRaB Eco Park
- Material and product design
- Prototyping and CAD
- Product for showcase
- Small-batch production runs
- Label and story design
- Short-run fabrication
- Reverse engineering
- Workshop access
What this loop needs
- Construction co-development partner
- Volume buyers
- Facility space
- Processing equipment
- Spinning partner
- Product designers
- Manufacturing partners in Australia
- Investors
- Developers
- Distribution
- Shared freight
- Retail and event slots
- Apprentices
- Equipment finance
- Steady short-run clients
Work with this loop
Members can post to the Collaboration Board to bring this loop into a tender, a showcase or a co-development project.
Open the Collaboration Board