From tennis balls to furniture: This is how Soundbounce turns into art!

From tennis balls to furniture: This is how Soundbounce turns into art!

Weil am Rhein, Deutschland - like a fresh wind in the furniture industry, Mathilde Wittock blows with her innovative idea of ​​creating acoustic furniture from discarded tennis balls. Your “Soundbounce” project has set itself the goal of not only promoting noise reduction, but also tackling an urgent environmental problem. Around 400 million tennis balls are produced annually, but only about 1% of this amount find their way into a recycling program. The rest usually ends up on landfills and contributes to an enormous waste problem that affects our environment.

The production of a tennis ball is a lengthy process that takes five days and comprises 24 work steps. The recycling of tennis balls is due to their special composition - glued from a felt cover with a rubber engine - a challenging task. Most tennis balls also consist of materials that cannot simply be recycled, which further presses the recycling quote. The felt of the balls, consisting of wool and nylon, is a big chunks in the recycling process.

acoustic masterpieces and ecological solutions

The special thing about "Soundbounce" is the idea of ​​converting these difficult to recyclable materials into new, useful products. The Wittock team processes around 283 tennis balls per square meter of furniture, which not only extends the lifespan of the materials, but also reduces CO2 emissions by about 8.5 kilograms per square meter. Featured products such as the "Bounce Chair" even save about 14.28 kilograms of CO2 - a real profit for the environment.

Mathilde Wittock is a graduate of the renowned Biodesign Master program at the Central Saint Martins in London, known for her interdisciplinary collaboration in art and design. Your creations cleverly combine art, design and biology with a strong focus on material research and sensory design. At a time when environmental protection and sustainability are more in demand, "Soundbounce" brings fresh wind into the furniture industry and shows how creative thinking can actually make a difference.

A look at tennis ball production

tennis is one of the five most environmentally harmful sports worldwide. The fact that many balls, especially at large events such as U.S. Open, produce almost 100,000 balls that have to be disposed of after a short time. More than 330 million tennis balls end up on landfolter every year, where they break up for over 400 years. While the manufacturers are working on developing more environmentally friendly designs, such as the introduction of tennis balls from recycled materials, the holistic solution for the industry remains a challenge.

The International Tennis Association has even founded a technical working group that works on concepts to improve the recyclability of the tennis balls and extend their useful life. Such initiatives are crucial to reduce the ecological footprint of this popular sport and to promote recycling, from which, for example, projects such as "Soundbounce" draw their inspiration.

The future of tennis balls - and thus also the entire sport - depends heavily on the innovations that are developed today. Through creative approaches such as "Soundbounce" it shows that it is possible to create new life out of waste and at the same time make a contribution to the environment.

For all those who want to learn more about Mathilde Wittock's creative project, a look at the Woman. Further interesting information about "Soundbounce" and its environmental beds can be found on GP Award as well as the challenges of tennis ball-recycling Weltbild] (https://dasweltbild.de/umwelt/herfreuden-beim-tennisball- Recycling-Wecken- Umweltbennenken/).