From a coffee to an ink-free material: how Cibico works

A material made from organic waste and digital fabrication, with no inks, that is recycled at the end to start another project. We told it in an animation that begins with a coffee.

CibicoMotion graphics and 2D animation

Sound familiar?

If any of these sound like you, this project is about you.

You have a new material, process or system and, without showing the machine, nobody gets it.
What makes it different happens in several steps your audience never sees.
You talk to people in design, communications or culture who need to grasp it fast.
And you want the full cycle to show: where it comes from and where it goes when it’s done.

That’s where Naifactory came in.

Graphic materials without inks

The Cibico project is a system for creating graphic communication materials from biomaterials made of organic waste and digital fabrication. It is versatile and uses no inks, so it is 100% biodegradable.

The material can also be recycled and reused to produce new projects, so its life cycle closes completely.

How we told it

Fine-line 2D illustration on a light, paper-textured background, with touches of orange, ochre and blue.

01
Starting with a cup
The story starts with a coffee. A gesture everyone knows is the way in to a material far fewer people know.
02
The material moves through the city
A cargo bike carries brown material through the city. The journey is told with a character and a street, not a diagram.
03
Digital fabrication in plain sight
A digital fabrication machine runs over a brown board and marks its pattern. The technical side of the project makes sense just by watching.
04
The material, in hand
A close shot puts the biomaterial board in the centre and leaves the team blurred behind it. The material is the star: you can see it and almost touch it.