Andreas Lejon

What if design began with what nature gives, rather than what can be taken?

This degree project investigates pinecones and pine resin as alternative forest materials. Instead of relying on harvested timber, it explores how these annually recurring resources can be transformed into industrial materials such as bioplastics, fibre composites and structural board.
Building on earlier explorations, the work continues a material investigation into how pine-derived matter can be processed, reconstituted and applied. The primary outcome is a pinecone-derived high-density fibreboard in which the cone’s own chemistry is utilised as a binding agent. The investigation culminates in a load-bearing chair, while additional artefacts indicate further directions for how the material may take form through design.
Positioning pinecone and resin as structural resources rather than residual matter, the project proposes a material logic grounded in regenerative forest flows.