Sam Jacob designed a new installation within the grand entrance to the V&A to highlight the need to rethink the global plastics system; to consider its full lifetime journey; and to design future-use into every product. Titled Sea Things, the concept took the form of a large scale two-way mirrored cube suspended above visitors. An animated motion graphic within, created alongside Rory Cahill, reflected an infinity that seemed both as wide as the ocean and as large as the challenges we face.

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In addition, Jacob took inspiration from the V&A’s Ceramic Galleries and remade 8 water vessels from the V&A’s Collection. From recycling to experimental post plastic materials, the intervention emphasised issues of value – the design of water vessels in global culture and history, along with the value of plastic itself – whilst demonstrating the potentials and opportunities for the future.