Mundane Matters: Inspire sustainable creative living

Can we use creativity to inspire thoughtful reflection and change the way we interact with our environment?

This is the question Mundane Matters asks.

Mundane Matters is a sustainability-driven art and design practice.
Voicing for eliminating food waste and plastic waste,
ethical eating and renewable energy,
Mundane Matters collaborates with artists,
designers, event organisers, businesses, NGOs and
government to inspire positive
behavioural changes for the future.

1. Design and writing

Creating global impact with minimal resources.

An accidental discovery in 2013, our founder Danling Xiao has developed this impromptu practice into a way to
nurture mindfulness and care for the environment. The daily practice of creating one piece of artwork using fruit and vegetable, accompanied with writing, taps into
issues including food waste, plastic waste and industrial farming.
All artworks are eaten after photographed to ensure a zero-waste creative practice.

This project has been well received globally since first launched on Instagram in 2015. It has been featured in more than 30 online magazines and TV channels,
exhibited in Sydney, Paris and New York, selected for the City of Sydney’s Site Works, a two-year creative hoarding project set to change Sydney’s cityscape.

Danling’s writing has inspired many
who resonate with her words. They are friends, family, audience from her talks and workshops, and a growing global audience of
50,000 fans on Instagram.

View growing collection at gallery or contact us for print purchase, image licensing and brand collaboration.

2. Sustainability workshops

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.

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A collaboration with artist and creative advisor Liane Rossler of Superlocalstudio, our workshops are dedicated to teaching holistic sustainable living knowledge through accessible, equal and thought-provoking creative experience.

Our workshops are facilitated in two parts - thinking and making. Participants are invited to connect, exchange and discuss sustainable living knowledge, while imperfect fruit and vegetables are used as creative medium to inspire appreciation of nature and encourage creativity.

We have hosted these workshops at venues including Superlocalstudio, William Street Creative Hub and Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation (SCAF); festivals such as Sydney Design Festival and Purpose Conference. All workshops produced zero waste, but abundance of joy and knowledge for all walks of life.

Learn more at workshops or get in touch if you are interested in having our workshops at your event.

3. Experiential design

Delivering engaging experience to raise social awareness.

Our upcoming project, Waste Land, consists of an immersive art installation and interactive programs to raise awareness for food waste, plastic waste and climate change in public space.

Using rescued food waste and collected marine debris, Waste Land explores environmentally-friendly materials and methodology for contemporary art installation, while challenging audience to rethink their impact on the environment and agricultural ecosystem.

Collaborator lineup includes award-winning industrial design
house, Vert Design, established artist duo The Operative, photographer and multimedia producer Lisa Clarke, botanical designer and stylist David Olde, and local organisations that share the same value and mission.

Get in touch if you would like us to create meaningful
experiential design for you.

4. Thought-provoking talks

Insights, surprise and the most vibrant energy.

A collaboration with digital content specialist and musician Cam MacKellar of Village Bells, we often throw laugh-out-loud bombs at our audience, yet leaving them encouraged and inspired after our talks.

Evolving a Tasty Niche was one of the highlights at Vivid Sydney 2017. Curated and produced by Danling, the speaker lineup includes Automata Head Chef Clayton Wells, Time Out Sydney Editor Emma Joyce,
cake creative Katherine Sabbath, photographer Nikki To and Danling herself, facilitated by
Cam.

Event content tapped into topics such as Sydney's creative food trends, social media growth strategy, but most importantly, the social aspects of food. This talk was sold out and created the most vibrant and inspiring energy we have ever seen at any talks.

Contact us if you would like Danling and Cam to speak at your event.

What we do

1. Design and writing

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What we do

2. Sustainability workshops

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What we do

3. Experiential design

What we do

4. Thought-provoking talks

eliminating food waste and plastic waste, ethical eating, environmental protection, animal protection, green tech, conscious leadership and circular economy

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