KraalD

10/06/2025

Curated works made from reused single-use plastics by Dr Katarina Dimitrijevic, aka KraalD. 2015 - 2025 KraalD Curated Works We live in an era of plastic debris. From an individual perspective, it is challenging to perceive the extent of plastic pollution due to its proximity, planetary entanglement, and the multiplicities of scale. The curated installations in this exhibition narrate the social and material transformation of plastic waste....

Curated works made from reused single-use plastics by Dr Katarina Dimitrijevic, aka KraalD. 2015 – 2025 KraalD Curated Works We live in an era of plastic debris. From an individual perspectiv…

31/05/2025

Main Opening Event on 18 June 2025 from 4 PM onwards

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Interactive Exhibition 2015 -2025 KraalD Curated Works 16 June – 10 July 2025 Martin Hall Gallery, Loughborough University We live in an era of plastic debris. From an individual perspective,…

24/04/2025

Looking forward to the workshop 🌸

🌷Let's welcome in Spring with this Plastic Entanglement workshop🪻
Ran by KraalD on Monday 28th April (5pm - 8pm) open to all Loughborough University students, with amazing pizzas provided by local pub The Jam Garden ✨
Drop in anytime throughout the evening for some craft and togetherness!

25/03/2025

Extended Call for abstracts!

📢 Conference – Extended Call for Abstracts!

Hey biners!✨ Great news – the deadline to submit your abstracts for "Opening the Bin 4: La vie en bin – when waste reflects the materiality of societies" has been extended!

📅 New deadline: April 30
📍 Conference dates: December 10-13
🏫 Location: Le Mans Université, France

Don’t miss the chance to be part of this exciting event!
Check out the details and submit your abstract here: 👉 https://otb4.sciencesconf.org/resource/page/id/3

✨ Keynote speakers:

María José Zapata Campos (University of Gothenburg)

Rosalind Fredericks (New York University)

Mary Lawhon (University of Edinburgh)

Baptiste Monsaingeon (Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne)

📌 Panels:

Food Waste 🍽

Gendering Waste 🌈

Waste in Africa 🌍

Please help us spread the word!
We look forward to your contributions. 🙌

02/02/2025

Dear all, We are pleased to announce the call for abstracts for the "Opening the Bin 4: La Vie en Bin" conference, scheduled to take place in December 2025 in France. We invite you to submit your abstract proposals by the deadline of March 31, 2025. OTB 4 conference presents a valuable opportunity to unite the European and international humanities and social science research communities focused on waste....

Dear all, We are pleased to announce the call for abstracts for the “Opening the Bin 4: La Vie en Bin” conference, scheduled to take place in December 2025 in France.  We…

03/12/2024

I finally received my new 2024 Opening the Bin book from Cambridge Scholars Publishing! Re-Opening The Bin looks in good company next to the first Opening the Bin book in my office shelf. 👉 Available at: The second OTB book, Waste Research from the Social Sciences and Humanities Perspectives: Reopening the Bin, is available, to which I contributed a chapter in the Waste Practices Section, "Waste Safari XMass: A Visual Narrative with Single-use Plastics"....

I finally received my new 2024 Opening the Bin book from Cambridge Scholars Publishing! Re-Opening The Bin looks in good company next to the first Opening the Bin book in my office shelf. 👉 Availab…

30/11/2024

KraalD DIY Christmas Workshop Loughborough Wellbeing Centre KraalD Christmas Workshop In collaboration with the Loughborough University Wellbeing Centre team, we will be offering a free DIY Christmas Decoration workshop on Monday, 9th December 2024, from 10 am to 1pm. This workshop is open to all and will be run by Katarina Dimitrijevic from KraalD, who researches plastic pollution and promotes reuse through participatory craft-making!...

KraalD DIY Christmas Workshop Loughborough Wellbeing Centre KraalD Christmas Workshop In collaboration with the Loughborough University Wellbeing Centre team, we will be offering a f…

20/11/2024

Looking forward to making DIY Christmas decorations together from post consumer single use plastics. All DIY materials provided are washed and sterilised🎄🎄🎄

⭐Christmas Workshop⭐
In collaboration with the Loughborough University team we will be offering a free DIY Christmas Decoration workshop on Monday 9th December from 10am.
This workshop is open to all and will be ran by Katarina Dimitrijevic from KraalD who does plastic pollution research and reuse through craft making!
Come along and make some DIY decorations for your tree, our cafe will be open all morning and you are welcome to join in on our Wellbeing Cafe too!

10/04/2024

It was such an inspiring full sun eclipse online event;
I am delighted to have been part of the great session pushing the boundaries of un-mapping in .
Thanks to host Thomas Maiorana (UC Davis) and commenter Sally Sutherland (Brighton University) for discussing unmapped methodological processes.
Dr. Katarina Dimitrijevic-aka KraalD; Seda Özçetin and Şeyda Özçetin; Joanne Berry-Frith; Peter Stoyko
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07/04/2024

Monday, April 8— is unmapped. These exhibits are a departure from the first five mapping studios. Two are presentations of site-specific installations of systems experienced from mul…

09/03/2024

Available online preview to Mapping Mondays; see 😀 you on 8 April 2024!
KraalD, 2023. Plastic Entanglement—A visual narrative with single-use plastics. RSD-12 Installation, 2023. Design School, Loughborough University.

This exploration is a self-ethnographic plastic waste engagement that visually critiques plastic pollution in nature through reuse with single-use plastic wa...

09/03/2024

See 😀 you on 8 April 2024! Systemic Design Assosiation (RSD-12 Conference 2023) I am excited to be on board! I am presenting / in a unique online exhibition series connected to in a design called Mapping Mondays. There are eight sessions, starting February 26 and running to May 6. session is on 8 April, with my colleague ...

See 😀 you on 8 April 2024! Systemic Design Assosiation (RSD-12 Conference 2023) I am excited to be on board! I am presenting / in a unique online exhibition s…