Cyclick.

Cyclick is a project that addresses a pain point in user experience and a sustainability issue. It redesigns the maintenance cartridge of an HP printer and its system to create circularity within the product, drastically reducing its CO2 footprint and improving the user experience. The solution involves the creation of an advanced spongeous material based on cellulose, a waste material from the system. This material incorporates alginate, a compound found within the cell walls of brown algae, achieving good levels of absorption, compressibility, and porosity. The final proposal is developed at a technical and formal level, which includes conducting structural calculations, creating technical drawings of the new design, calculating quantitative data about sustainable benefits of the new cartridge, and conducting prototyping to validate its functionality.