Synthetic textile dyes cause significant water pollution. Pulp Fusion is a fully compostable chair made from recycled paper and organic materials that helps the propagation of seeds through guerilla gardening.įabulous Fungi SUBMITTED BY: Ilse Kremer (Netherlands) | STRATEGY: PRODUCTS Pulp Fusion SUBMITTED BY: Guillaume Credoz (Lebanon) | STRATEGY ProductS Modern Synthesis SUBMITTED BY: Jennifer Keane (UK) | STRATEGY: Products, Services or SystemsĮmploying microbes to grow customisable and fully circular biomaterials for the fashion industry using local agricultural waste, like those from apple farms.Īlgaeing SUBMITTED BY: Karen Wilf (Israel) | STRATEGY: PRODUCTSĪlgaeing™️ develops environmentally-friendly textile fibers and dyes, using algae grown in closed-loop vertical farms.
It suggests questions like: How can we encourage the use of more innovative and sustainable materials? Could we redesign the life cycles of products, so that they are more restorative and/or regenerative? The following nominees responded to the second design brief, which focuses on reducing waste through rethinking how things are made and what they are made of. This project is also tagged as Brief 2: Make Better. Waste Watchers SUBMITTED BY: Alina Sidbrant (Ireland) | STRATEGY: Communications, Products, Services or SystemsĪ grassroots movement to fight excessive plastic packaging, mobilizing consumers to collect data as they shop, and reporting the results to the manufacturers responsible. The Clothing Loop makes it easy and fun to share bags of pre-loved clothes by connecting people in local communities. This project is also tagged as Brief 3: Handle Smarter.Ĭlothing Loop SUBMITTED BY: Lena Hartog (Netherlands) | STRATEGY: Services or Systems Hack Your Closet prolongs the life of second-hand, unsold and deadstock clothing by circulating them between its customers through a subscription service. Hack Your Closet SUBMITTED BY: Mikaela Larsell Ayesa (Sweden) | STRATEGY: Services or Systems Wildfinding SUBMITTED BY: Emily Whiteside (UK) | STRATEGY: COMMUNICATIONS, SPACESĪ wild wayfinding system encouraging people to forage for their food, reduce waste and consume more mindfully. This project is also tagged as Brief 3: Handle Smarter. V2.0 SUBMITTED BY: Melina Scioli (Argentina) | STRATEGY: COMMUNICATIONS, SERVICES OR SYSTEMSĪn online repair directory which makes it easy to find local repairers, to promote a culture of care and the reduction of waste. METAVOGUE is the first digital fashion closet, marketplace and economy that allows individuals to buy, wear and sell digital fashion as an alternative to physical fashion consumption.
Metavogue: your digital fashion SUBMITTED BY: Alice Sueko Müller (Switzerland) | STRATEGY: ProductS, ServiceS OR SystemS Sonke designs, manufactures and manages automated refill stations for fast-moving consumer goods, like dishwashing liquid and cooking oil. Sonke SUBMITTED BY: Eben de Jongh (South Africa) | STRATEGY: PRODUCTS, SpaceS
It transports boxed goods with the same convenience, but at a fraction of the financial and environmental costs. The bagless cord is an ergonomic, recyclable alternative to the plastic bag. The Bagless Cord SUBMITTED BY: Bor Klemenc Mencin (Slovenia) | STRATEGY: PRODUCTS It suggests questions like: How can we consume more mindfully and inspire a shift in societal habits and values? Could design help us envision alternatives to buying and owning products? The following nominees responded to the first design brief, which focuses on the root causes that are fueling our waste problem. Take a closer look at the shortlist, below. Participants applied to either the Global track or to specific city tracks aimed at finding solutions in Amsterdam, Delhi, México City, Nairobi, São Paulo & Rio and Tokyo. After a rigorous selection process, 29 outstanding projects were nominated for the Global track, which was open to all innovators around the world. During the open call, creatives submitted ideas responding to at least one of three design briefs, each one tackling a different aspect of our take-make-waste economy. On 27 May, we announced the 85 nominees of the What Design Can Do No Waste Challenge.
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