Bring out Your Creativity with MOKULOCK
Created by Japanese company New Tech Shinsei, MOKULOCK is a building brick made from wood.
InterContinental Hotels Group Is Discontinuing the Use of Mini Plastic Toiletries
As a means of reducing plastic waste, InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) has announced plans to replace all mini plastic toiletries in roughly 843,000 hotel rooms with bulk-size amenities and refillable dispensers by 2021.
Anti-Facial Recognition Mask Created by Designer Ewa Nowak
In a bid to bring forth the conversation regarding mass surveillance and the privacy of one's image in a public setting, designer Ewa Nowak has created a mask that renders the human face unrecognizable to facial recognition systems.
Karst Offers Luxury Notebooks That Are Eco-Friendly and Waterproof
An Australian company called Karst offers a line of luxury notebooks, planners and sketchpads that are made from recycled stone — specifically calcium carbonate.
Jennifer Lee’s Work Exhibited at Kettle’s Yard
As part of the potter’s space exhibition at Kettle’s Yard, ceramicist Jennifer Lee has exhibited 40 of her most notable works alongside new pots made specifically for the exhibition.
Blur Is a Low Table That Continually Transforms
Created by Tokyo-based contemporary design studio we+, the Blur table coated in thermo-sensitive blue ink reacts to machine-controlled random temperature changes and displays an everchanging visual that resembles “water soaking into soil”.
Designer Lotte Douwes Is Researching and Developing Sustainable Alternatives for Pure White Clay
Shadows of Light is a research project by designer Lotte Douwes that aims to develop sustainable materials for the creation of translucent porcelain.
SCARPA Is a Jewellery Collection Inspired by Architecture
Handmade by architect and designer Malaika Carr, the SCARPA jewellery collection takes inspiration from the works of architect Carlo Scarpa.
Abandoned Industrial Building Repurposed Using Scaffolding Tarps to Create Immersive Space
Created by interaction designer Jasna Dimitrovska, spatial designer Jaenam Lim and architect Kazumasa Takada as part of Designregio Kortrijk's Designers in Residence program, FOS is a spatial system that utilizes scaffolding tarps to repurpose abandoned buildings.
Mathieu Lehanneur’s Particle Horizon Exhibition Explores Human Nature and Consciousness
Part of Design Parade Hyères 2019, the Particle Horizon exhibition showcases a collection of designer Mathieu Lehanneur's most notable works.
Monoliths Concrete Ping Pong Tables Feature Copper Detailing
Created by architect Murray Barker and artist Laith McGregor for the Monash University Museum of Art (MUMA) in Melbourne, the Monoliths project is comprised of two concrete ping pong tables that "create interactive gathering hubs in outdoor social spaces".
Brush with Bamboo Creates Sustainable Plant-Based Toothbrushes
An environmentally conscious company called Brush with Bamboo produces organic bamboo handle toothbrushes with caster bean-based bristles.
Grow Algae for Consumption with Hyunseok An’s The Coral
With the goal of introducing "algae into our everyday lives", industrial designer Hyunseok An has created an indoor micro-algae farm called The Coral.
All Natural and Handmade TETRA SOAP Takes Inspiration from Water Breakers
Created by FURNITURY, TETRA SOAP is described as a “revolution design soap” that is stated to be 100% slip-free.
Sit in Comfort with Studio Aisslinger’s Sustainable Hemp-Based Chair
Created by Studio Aisslinger with support from German chemical company BASF, the Hemp Chair is noted as being the world’s first concept for a monobloc chair made from natural fibres.
Pulp Storage Is Made from Recycled Paper
Setting out to re-imagine how paper is used, Japanese stationery brand MIDORI has created a series of storage products called Pulp Storage that is made from recycled newspapers, milk cartons and cardboard boxes.
Biopack Egg Carton Sprouts Legumes After Being Planted
Industrial designer George Bosnas has created an ecological packaging called Biopack that is composed of cleared paper pulp, flour, starch and natural legume seeds.
FICT’s Fragment Series Is Made from Marble Waste
With the goal of finding use and value for marble fragments, South Korea-based design studio FICT has combined what would otherwise be considered as industrial marble waste with resin to create the Fragment series.