This concept is a suggestion to change our burial habits, specifically cremation, into a biodegradable system. Funerals are stressful. Giving family members something they can hold on to can reduce stress levels, especially when it...
In big cities where buildings grow tall and people live closer together, air quality can be poor. Most air purifiers operate on timers, using electric filtration engines to purify air. They are designed to be...
Our relationship with time is complicated. Time is constant, but always changing. It passes by both fast and slow. In society, time is money. Or actually, human time is money. The materials designers use often...
Before the invention of the coffee machine, people drank “slow coffee”. Today, people most commonly drink coffee made by a machine. The way we drink coffee is quite linear; using single-use filters and paper cups...
Humans have always cared about beauty, and nail art has been practiced for thousands of years. For many, manicure is a ritual. Commercial nail polish however contains chemicals and toxins that are harmful to both...
Humans are not nocturnal, we depend on light to be active and effective. Electricity made candles a curiosity and no longer a necessity, their use nearly stopped, but their popularity has been steadily increasing since...
The nettle is a surprisingly useful plant; it has properties similar to those of spinach and ginseng combined, such as an abundance of Vitamin A and Iron. So why don’t we make more use of...
Nowadays, chemical pigments and dyes are used in most printing and coloration applications. Anything from clothing to packaging to the food we eat can contain chemical dyes that are toxic or harmful to us, our...
Single-use grills are popular, but their lifecycle is entirely linear and they often litter parks and green areas. Could there be an equally convenient, cyclic alternative that could be used repeatedly? Flergångsgrill is a service...
More than 640,000 tons of fishing nets litter our oceans today, making up around 10 percent of oceanic litter worldwide. These nets continue fishing passively, endangering aquatic animals that can get tangled up, and harming...