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Design Newspaper

Design Newspaper featuring great design, architecture, fashion, graphics and innovation from across the globe.

 

Bonyeon

Bonyeon that anyone can easily make is made from discarded byproducts and adhesives mixed with protein and microbe. It provides clean indoor climatic conditions and decomposes 100pct even in normal natural conditions, leaving no toxic substance. Bonyeon design diversity and usability is wide. It closely mimics various aspects of nature. With byproducts, designers can combine the fragrance, texture, and color. With natural adhesives, they can control the strength and elasticity. Furthermore, the use of byproducts creates additional income, which helps revitalize Korea's rural economy.

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Ztraw

Ztraw is a foldable and pocket-size solution that solves the biggest issues faced by reusable straws; portability and hygiene. Just open it up to clean every corner and fold it back up to carry it with you anywhere. It has antibacterial compound mixed PP and TPE material to make sure your straw is safe along with a washable pouch. It is the first-ever stylish eco-friendly product at an affordable price that fits human ergonomics and blends a sturdy triangular shape into a circular mouth opening.

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ArtVinegar

ArtVinegar is a DIY kit with a glass bottle for making imperfect fruits into healthy vinegar. Consumers can choose unappealing or perishing fruits at the supermarket produce section, produce markets or small farmers markets and the vinegar flavor they like. A manual is included. The glass bottle can be brought to the sales outlets for recycling. Food waste is minimized, and sustainability is promoted.

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ReCover

ReCover is a conceptual service offered by smartphone manufacturers to help users easily turn obsolete phones into functional devices such as webcam, security camera, or touchpad. App finds options based on the phone's condition and then installs custom OS designed to optimize phone for its new function. User places the phone in the case where it becomes the heart of a new product. ReCover helps users to save phones from the landfill and acquire new useful products for less. Manufacturers can profit from old devices by providing subscription services with no new hardware development.

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Fungi Narratives

Fungi Narratives is an experimental material and design research project. Its purpose was using resources from nature to create materials with the possibility of a positive sustainable impact on the future of design. The results are extracted fungi materials and biodegradable biopolymers used in implementations for fashion design techniques such as up-cycling and embroidery, accessory design and paper production. The most interesting find of the project was the use of amadou inside the fungus that could be used as organic leather with limited negative environmental impact.

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Design Drinking

What do you think? How many plastic straws are thrown away every day? Millions? Billions? The second guess is right! There are 3-6 billion plastic straws that end up in the garbage every day worldwide. The amount thrown away is roughly equivalent to the weight of 500 orca whales. So good, that finally there will be a ban on plastic drinking straws in the EU in 2021. The big Five! With the Design Drinking Set - consisting of five glass straws - we are making a striking statement. Each straw was engraved gracefully and individually. Five straws - 5 cities - 5 ornaments.

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