University of Tasmania: From Urchin Shells to Kelp Hope - Tasmanian Students Win at MoMA
July 01, 2026
July 01, 2026
HOBART, Australia, July 1 -- The University of Tasmania issued the following news:
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From urchin shells to kelp hope: Tasmanian students win at MoMA
A team of University of Tasmania design students has won an international prize at New York's Museum of Modern Art for a project responding to the decline of Tasmania's kelp forests.
Their project, Upsurge, proposes turning invasive sea urchin shell waste into a material that could he . . .
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From urchin shells to kelp hope: Tasmanian students win at MoMA
A team of University of Tasmania design students has won an international prize at New York's Museum of Modern Art for a project responding to the decline of Tasmania's kelp forests.
Their project, Upsurge, proposes turning invasive sea urchin shell waste into a material that could he . . .