Vlasta Kubušová

Vlasta Kubušová is a material designer, researcher and co-founder of crafting plastics! studio. Following her collaborative master thesis, together with Miroslav Král she founded crafting plastics! studio (cp!s), an award-winning multidisciplinary material design studio.
crafting plastics! studio is an award winning circular design and research studio based in Bratislava. The company has been exploring sustainable, transparent production processes in response to the ongoing issues of climate crises driven by mass consumption and the steep use of renewable resources. By combining science and design, cp!s revolutionizes properties, aesthetics, and values of perishable material – natural bioplastics, and offers solutions for closed-loop systems in various fields.Their pursuit is to transform perishable materials into value-added products, by employing high and low technology. They define the entire material’s cycle, from unrefined matter to final product until its decomposition in natural C02, water and nutrients.