Xellyfish | Microplastics Extraction Device
In 2022, Xellyfish was selected as a finalist in King Charles' Terra Carta Design Lab Competition and as a finalist in the Mayor’s Entrepreneur Competition.
Team: Henry Parkin, Steph Jump, Eve Townsend
My Role: Business plan, pitch, and pitch deck development, R&D into extraction & separation methods
The Shortlist
Watch as HRH The Price of Wales (now King) Charles and Sir Jony Ives (RCA Chancellor) announce the finalists for the 2022 Terra Carta Design Lab — including team Xellyfish!
Each project uses #design to address this global issue with solutions ranging from seaweed paper and tire-dust traps, to zero-waste fashion systems and aerial reforestation. The initiative was launched in July 2021 by HRH The Prince of Wales and Sir Jony Ive as part of the Sustainable Markets Initiative and in collaboration with the RCA.
There was a massive response from the RCA community with 125 submissions demonstrating the positive impact that can be made when design, art, science and engineering come together to produce innovative solutions to climate change.
Team Xellyfish Video
The Xellyfish project was retired after 2022.