New Shell Lab is a research project that aims to create a circular value chain for sustainable manufacturing in Norway. Through interdisciplinary design research and collaboration with local establishments in Bergen, a bioplastic material has been developed from pine gum rosin and shell waste collected from the Norwegian shellfish industry. In addition to material development, an open-source hammer mill and injection molding machine has been designed to illustrate the possibility for designers to create sustainable materials from byproducts and renewable resources found in their own communities. The project was created by Bo Knoblauch as a part of the Master’s in Design program at the University of Bergen, Institute for Design. Click here to enter the online exhibition.