fabula(ファーブラ)

Vegetables are grown with love by farmers. Any of them planned to be thrown away, but are destined for disposal when not meeting the required quality. What happens with the coffee beans after coffee is brewed? Coffee warms our heart and body with its aroma and heat, but the beans? The fate of these vegetables and beans is waste bin.
But we believe they are worth for another life. We, fabula want to give the waste a New Story, with new means, which will contribute to our sustainable life. As a new construction material to create a new space or building, and tools and dishes supporting our life. A new life and value is given to waste, or which we believed to be “waste”. “Waste” will enrich our life, generate creativity, and sustainable future with new dimension. We, fabula, will create the New Story, the never ending, with our passion and love for the earth and all livings, and things, including things that are considered to be valueless.

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どんなゴミにも
ストーリーがある。

EACH “WASTE” CREATES
A “NEW STORY”

VISION

形が悪いと捨てられた野菜にも、
農家の愛情は注がれていただろう。
抽出され捨てられたコーヒーかすは、
誰かのからだを温めたはずだ。
ゴミは要らないものとして処理される。
しかし次の役⽬が与えられたなら、
ゴミのストーリーには続きが⽣まれる。
私たちfabulaは、
ゴミを新しい素材として⽣まれ変わらせる。
建材として空間を作ったり、
⽣活に役⽴つ様々な道具に形を変える。
新たな価値を吹き込まれたゴミは、
⼈々の暮らしを豊かにしていく。
ストーリーは無限に広がる。私たちは、
その⼀歩をつくる。

Vegetables are grown with love by farmers. Any of them planned to be thrown away, but are destined for disposal when not meeting the required quality. What happens with the coffee beans after coffee is brewed? Coffee warms our heart and body with its aroma and heat, but the beans? The fate of these vegetables and beans is waste bin.
But we believe they are worth for another life. We, fabula want to give the waste a New Story, with new means, which will contribute to our sustainable life. As a new construction material to create a new space or building, and tools and dishes supporting our life. A new life and value is given to waste, or which we believed to be “waste”. “Waste” will enrich our life, generate creativity, and sustainable future with new dimension. We, fabula, will create the New Story, the never ending, with our passion and love for the earth and all livings, and things, including things that are considered to be valueless.

TECHNOLOGY

  • 原材料となる廃棄物

    原材料となる
    廃棄物Food waste as
    raw materia

  • 乾燥、粉砕して熱圧縮

    乾燥、粉砕して
    熱圧縮Dry, grind and
    heat-press

  • 廃棄物由来の新素材が完成

    廃棄物由来の
    新素材が完成New material created
    with food waste

私たちは、規格外の野菜や加⼯時に出る端材など、様々な⾷品廃棄物から新素材を作る技術を持っています。⾷品廃棄物を乾燥させ、粉末状にし、その粉末を⾦型に⼊れて熱圧縮する。その⼯程は⾮常にシンプルですが、素材の乾燥⽅法や粉末の粒度、成型時の温度によって、無数の⾊やテクスチャー、⾹りなどの特徴を⽣み出すことができます。また、複数の材料を混ぜ合わせたり、作った素材を再成型して作り直すことも可能です。

We create a new material with food waste such as vegetables not meeting customer`s needs, or left-overs obtained by cutting vegetables while cooking. The steps are quite simple; dry the food waste, make it into powder, then heat-press in a mold. By changing the drying and/or powdering method, and the temperature during the heat-press, variety of color, texture, aroma can be obtained. Mixing of different food waste is also possible, as well as creation of a new material with the use of things built with food waste. *The patent application of this technology (by Institute of Industrial Science of the University of Tokyo) is pending.

fabulaが開発する新素材の特徴Characteristics of fabula’s material

コンクリートの曲げ強度の約4倍*。4 times stronger than concrete*

コンクリートの曲げ強度の約4倍

例えば⽩菜の廃棄物で作った素材は、コンクリートの約4倍の曲げ強度を誇ります。厚さ5mmで30kgの荷重に耐えることができ、将来的には建材などへの使⽤も期待できます。*原材料となる⾷材によって強度は異なりますが、⾼強度の⾷材で補強するなど組み合わせも可能です。

For example, the bending strength of a material made by food waste of Chinese Cabbages is 4 times stronger than concrete. A 5 mm thin plate can bear 30 kg weight. It has a potential to become a construction material in the future. *The strength depends on the raw material (=food waste) to be used. Mix of different food waste as raw material possible to increase the strength of the new material created.

⾷品廃棄物の廃棄処理問題を解決。Solution for food waste disposal

⾷品廃棄物の廃棄処理問題を解決

⾷品廃棄物は、焼却の際のCO2排出や灰の埋⽴など様々な環境問題を抱えています。肥料・飼料化する場合にもコストがかかり、経済的なリターンはあまり得られないのが現状です。私たちは⾷品廃棄物を原材料として再利⽤し、暮らしに役⽴つ新素材として価値を⽣み出すことを⽬指しています。

Currently, food waste disposal involves CO2 generation and disposal of ashes etc. Sometimes food waste are used as forage or fertilizer, however the cost involved is not economically attractive enough.
We, fabula aim at creating with food waste a new material which create a new value and contributes to our sustainable, creative life.

材料由来の⾊や⾹りを楽しむ。Enjoy the color and
aroma of the raw material

材料由来の⾊や⾹りを楽しむ

原材料となる⾷品廃棄物によって、様々な⾊や⾹りを楽しむことができます。もとは食材であり100%⾃然由来です。将来的には「⾷べる」ことも視野に⼊れて研究を進めており、例えば調味料を混ぜ合わせて味付けを楽しむこともできるかもしれません。

Depending on the food waste used as raw-material, you can enjoy different color and aroma. Our raw materials are 100% natural origin and originally considered as food. We are studying to create edible materials, which might also have the possibility to mix spices to enjoy variety of tastes.

素材として使⽤できる廃棄物の例Examples of food waste (to be used as raw material)

  • コーヒーかす

    コーヒーかすCoffee Grounds

  • 抽出後のお茶の葉

    抽出後のお茶の葉Tea Leaves

  • みかん等の柑橘系の⽪

    みかん等の柑橘系の⽪Rind of Citrus

  • ⽩菜(規格外野菜)

    ⽩菜(規格外野菜)Chinese Cabbage

  • コンビニ弁当

    コンビニ弁当Convenience store Bento

PRODUCT

  • 平⽫

    平⽫(直径12cm)

    PLATE (φ12cm)

  • 平版

    平版(30cm角)

    BOARD (30cm)

規格外の野菜や端材など、⾷品廃棄物を加⼯して様々な製品を作ることができます。100%天然素材なので1つとして同じものはなく、1点ずつ異なる⾵合いをお楽しみいただけます。⼩物から家具、建築材料など、いろいろな製品を⾦型次第で製作可能です。お気軽にご相談ください。

Variety of materials, products can be created with non-standard vegetables, food waste. Food waste used as raw material is 100% natural origin, from which natural color products could be created. Various products, such as small dishes, tools, furniture and construction material can be produced.
Please contact us in case you have questions, proposals, etc.

  • 事業パートナーをお探しの⽅ Looking for a new business partner?

  • fabulaのプロダクトに興味のある⽅ Interested in fabula`s products?

  • fabulaの研究内容に興味のある⽅ Want to know about fabula`s experiments?

  • 実証実験などのご相談、ご依頼のある⽅ Any question, request for fabula`s experiments?

fabulaのテクノロジーやプロダクトに興味のある⽅はお気軽にお問い合わせください。事業のご相談、プロダクト開発、研究、実証実験など、様々な形でのパートナーを幅広く募集しています。

Please feel free to contact us in case you were interested in our technology and/or products. We are looking for partners in the development of new business, product, technology, experiments, etc.

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MEMBER

  • 代表取締役 CEO 町⽥ 紘太Kota Machida

    幼少期をオランダで過ごし、環境問題に興味を持つ。世界約60か国以上を旅⾏。東京⼤学卒業研究で本技術を開発。

    Stayed in the Netherlands during the childhood. Visited more than 60 countries. Developed the technology of creation of new material with food waste at the University of Tokyo.

  • 取締役 CFO 松⽥ ⼤希Daiki Matsuda

    コーヒーの世界に魅了され、専⾨商社の駐在員としてコスタリカへ。コーヒー産地国にてコーヒー豆を取り出したあとに大量に発生するコーヒーチェリーを使って家を建設したいと考えている。

    Fascinated by the world of coffee, stayed in Costa Rica as the representative in the region of Central and South America for a Japanese Coffee trading company. Wants to construct homes with coffee cherries which are generally disposed after beans are pulled out, in the coffee growing countries.

  • 取締役 CCO ⼤⽯ 琢⾺Takuma Oishi

    ⼤学院時代に、⼈間の感性を活かした住環境の空間演出の研究を⾏う。 この技術を認知してもらい、⾊や⾹りを活かした空間づくりを夢⾒る。

    During the master course studied the creation of space based on human sensitiveness. Wants to contribute that this technology receives more attention in the world, and would like to create spaces characterized with color and aroma.