Kakao çekirdeği kabuğunun değerlendirilmesi

Considering our world's limited resources, the linear economy model that operates as take- make- dispose is not sustainable anymore. There is a need to find new ways of doing business and managing resources. The food industry also started to focus on this problem since it has been reported that we waste one-third of our food. Utilization of this food waste is a significant problem both economically and environmentally. It is important to stop seeing it as waste and consider it a resource. Even though they lack technical knowledge, designers started to get into the material development process with the help of open sources and the democratization of production techniques. While developing materials, designers pay attention to both technical and experiential characteristics of products to create meaningful experiences for users. One of the sources they use for material development is food waste and byproducts. Considering these, the study aims to contribute to the utilization of cocoa bean shells, one of the main byproducts of the cocoa bean production industry, through material development. It seeks to answer how users experience the materials developed using cocoa bean shells. The study first developed two material recipes through Material Tinkering, emphasizing active learning and experimenting while doing and practicing. Then, the two developed materials' technical and experiential characterization were evaluated using Materials-to-Experiences at four levels (Ma2E4) toolkit. According to the results of these evaluations, suggestions were made for further studies.