Vasundhara Gaur and Simon Beirouti are the co-founders of Compound, a materials-led studio exploring regenerative alternatives through biofabrication. Across 10 days during Melbourne Design Week, @cmpndcc will be activating the space within MPavilion, presenting an installation, workshop and talk that considers the design potentials of seaweed-based bioplastic.
In the lead up to their launch this Friday 15 May, we speak with @gaur.cc and @simgbei to learn more about how regenerative practices can reshape material futures whilst aiding climate-positive design.
Visit the link in bio to read the full interview, and drop into MPavilion from Friday 15 to Sunday 24 May to experience Compound’s creations in person.
Compound’s seaweed materials invite interaction and imagination, offering a glimpse into futures where materials and products grow, adapt, and coexist with nature. More so, this vision is deeply collaborative. Alongside us, Bianca Walters, Chloe Harper, Galit Hojman and Harley Goldman each bring their own perspectives and practices to the platform — collectively exploring how design, science and creativity can shape more sustainable and interconnected ways of living.
Psyched? 4daystogo!!
🫶Simon and I.
#melbounedesignweek #ngv #seaweed #regenerative
Regenerative Heroes: Designing What’s Next
Compound brings together industry experts exploring regenerative feedstocks as the foundation for climate-positive system design. As materials shift from static resources to dynamic systems, a new design paradigm emerges.
Together, we’ll navigate material futures, evolving frameworks, and the signals shaping the next generation of regenerative practice.
Join us on the 15/05/2026, 5pm at the MPavilion!
Booking link in bio.
#melbournedesignweek #seaweed
Age of Algae: Seaweed, Systems and Regenerative Futures At Melbourne Design Week, we unveil a series of material explorations shaped by seaweed and marine extracts. Developed at CoLabs Notting Hill, these works position algae not just as a resource, but as a pathway toward regenerative systems; where material innovation is grounded in ecology, process, and possibility.
#seaweed #biomaterials #australia #melbournedesignweek
Age of Algae: Seaweed, Systems and Regenerative Futures
At Melbourne Design Week, we unveil a series of material explorations shaped by seaweed and marine extracts. Developed at CoLabs Notting Hill, these works position algae not just as a resource, but as a pathway toward regenerative systems; where material innovation is grounded in ecology, process, and possibility.
Come check us out at the @mpavilion
Link in bio for details 😌
There is no planet b.
It’s the waves, the snails,
the weathered rocks, and their untold tales,
that frees people.
#cmpndcc #seaweed #australia #regenerative #circular #preservenature #ocean #rocks #snails #people #noplanetb🌎 #nature #salty
There is no planet b.
About time we get to know each other.
At Compound, we are responsible for each other, big, small or minuscule.
Follow our journey in an effort to cherish and preserve this planet.
#biodesign #regenerative #circular #preservenature #australia #seaweed #ocean #cmpndcc
