PLATALEA AJAJA: URBAN PRUNING WOOD BIOINSPIRED UTENSILS

This article addresses the use of tree waste from pruning and urban suppression to make kitchen utensils that allow the construction of a cultural identity of Bertioga. Thus, an approach of biomimetic and biomorphic concepts was used from the spoonbill bird (Platalea ajaja) to conduct the project. In order to offer a product that local artisans could manufacture and have an artisanal culture valued, concepts of circular economy, regenerative design, slow design and design and territory were also used in the literature review. Following the double diamond method, the development of the project started from the analysis of the history and caiçara culture of Bertioga, as well as the osteological study of the bird, and disrupted a traditional carpentry production, with the application of natural dyes and finishes, so that the arts could replicate the prototypes without great difficulties.