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Design

Haeckels’ Key Ingredient for a Sustainable and Natural Product Is Seaweed

Founded by Dom Bridges, Haeckels is a natural skincare and wild fragrance company that sources seaweed from the coast of Margate, a town in southeast England, to create beautiful, sustainable and natural products.

Fashion

Jeans Made from Recycled Denim Created by Frank And Oak

Frank And Oak is a company committed to "taking environmentally conscious clothing to the next level". With the saying "actions speak louder than words", Frank And Oak has recycled denim destined for the landfill to create Circular Denim jeans.

Food

Instant Ramen with “All Nutrients Your Body Needs” Created by Nissin

Although delicious and convenient, instant ramen lacks in nutritional value. Setting out to change this, Japanese food company Nissin founded by instant ramen inventor Momofuku Ando has created the All-In Noodles.

Tech

Beta for Augmented Reality Directions on Google Maps Launched

Google has launched a beta feature for Google Maps called Live View that provides augmented reality (AR) directions.

Design

Glass Container Collection with Plant-Based Plugs Created by Pulapa Studio

Created by Polish sisters Agniezska and Dominika Pulapa of Pulapa Studio, O2 is a collection of spherical glass containers paired with plugs made from herbal mass.

Experiance Sound Vibrations with BNAG’s Summloch

Created by BNAG design studio lead by Oliver-Selim Boualam and Lukas Marstaller, Summloch is a collection of interactive sculptural pieces that invite guests to stick their head inside to experience a "harmonious feeling of well-being".

- Design

Upgrade Your Food Storage with Reusable Stasher Bags

Fashion

Inditex Pledges to Only Use Cotton, Linen and Polyester That Is Organic, Sustainable or Recycled by 2025

Pablo Isla, the CEO of multinational clothing company Inditex, has announced that by 2025, 100 percent of the cotton, linen and polyester used will be organic, sustainable or recycled.

Tech

The JACO Enables Unprecedented Independence for Motorized Wheelchair Users

Created by robotics company Kinova, the JACO is an assistive robot arm capable of performing functions such as picking up a glass of water.

Artist Sigalit Landau Creates Works with Salt from the Dead Sea

Born 1969 in Jerusalem, Israel, Sigalit Landau is an artist who has spent the last 15 years co-opting the Dead Sea to transform mundane objects such as a violin into a "crystalline object of wonder".

OUR LEGACY NK WOMEN

Designed by Arrhov Frick Arkitektkontor, OUR LEGACY‘s dedicated womenswear store resides in the Nordiska Kompaniet department store located in Stockholm, Sweden.

Design

Bring out Your Creativity with MOKULOCK

Created by Japanese company New Tech Shinsei, MOKULOCK is a building brick made from wood.

Tech

New Energy Storage System Designed for Utility-Scale Introduced by Tesla

To meet the ever-increasing need for sustainable energy, Tesla has introduced a new energy storage system called Megapack that is said to be capable of enabling the world's largest energy projects.

- Design

InterContinental Hotels Group Is Discontinuing the Use of Mini Plastic Toiletries

Designer Tokujin Yoshioka’s Spectrum Installation Explores the Awe of Light

Inspired by the relationship between humankind and nature, the Spectrum installation created by Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka offers "an almost mystical journey through light".

Aesop Park Slope

Located in Brooklyn, New York City, Aesop Park Slope is a store designed by Mexican architect Frida Escobedo.

Fashion

SLO active Encourages Slow Fashion with Sustainable Plant-Based Swimwear

With the purpose of "giving back to the ocean", a lifestyle brand and social enterprise called SLO active is sustainably creating women's swimwear made from plant-based and renewable materials.

Design

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.