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Embracing the circular economy and closed-loop design is the only way for brands to achieve business success while safeguarding the planet, according to a senior member of the innovation team at Adidas. Read more

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It’s that time of the season where you put your money where your mouth is. We have heard enough about plastic pollution and how we keep adding to the trash. This applies mainly to the food industry where takeaways equal to use of plastic cutlery. Wooden spoons, knives, forks and sporks seemed to the better alternative, but nothing to beat sustainable and re-useable stainless steel flatware. However, the problem of plastic cutler persists and you as a consumer can be the change. Use the Pocket-Sized Reusable Cutlery & Chopsticks by Outlery.

For those who don’t know them, Outlery is an Eco-Conscious company and have crafted this collapsible and portable set of cutlery and chopsticks, that fit into tin boxes. The three-part kit, screws on in a jiffy and can be used on the go. Easy to clean and maintain, the carry a box on you, wherever you go.

Designer: Outlery

Click Here To Buy Now: $36 $58 (40% off). Hurry, less than 24 hours left! Raised over $1,150,000.

An average American throws about 1000 disposable cutlery and chopsticks every year.

Click Here To Buy Now: $36 $58 (40% off). Hurry, less than 24 hours left! Raised over $1,150,000.

The influencers of previous times became famous for their talents and iconic works, as well as the way they presented themselves. Perhaps we could go back to those days? In the meantime, let us present those old legends as if they were the “heroes” of today. You gotta admit, they do look cool!

What happens when you have too much free time and like to play with Photoshop? This. This happens.

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The internet, as a “place,” is constantly growing. We build more and more webpages every day—so many, in fact, that it can feel as if certain corners of it are lost to time.

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Some cat owners just can’t help themselves and create really awkward haircuts for their kitties. What do you think of this weird trend? Leave your opinion in comments.

Who would have thought that eyebrows are so complicated? These poor women did their best trying to figure them out, but failed miserably…

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The AirPods are pretty great the way they are, but ask any designer and they’ll say that they could be much more. Ask designer Tang Gan of Pitaka and he’ll straight up tell you that the AirPods should A. Wirelessly charge, B. Have a longer battery life, and C. Not be so difficult to find inside a backpack. Combine those three insights and you get yourself the AirPodPal, an attachment that augments the abilities of the AirPods… or as Tang says, “Makes your AirPods easier to carry, charge & find”.

Designed as a neat looking carbon fiber bodied module that attaches directly to the base of your Airpod case, the AirPodPal gives your favorite earphones wireless charging abilities… a much-needed upgrade, considering the iPhone and Apple Watch both support wireless charging. Its slender body also happens to house a 1200 mAh battery which not only extends the life of your AirPods by three whole days, but also serves as an emergency power bank for your smartphone, proverbially knocking two birds with a single stone.

The AirPodPal comes housed in a sturdy carbon fiber body, giving it a visual contrast when plugged into the white plastic AirPod case. The carbon fiber makes the AirPodPal both lightweight and resilient at the same time, because after all, it needs to be as portable and sturdy as the AirPods themselves (you can conversely opt for the AirPodPal Essential, which comes with a PolyCarbonate plastic body). Snapping the AirPodPal onto your AirPod case does double its length, but not without reason. Tang justifies this increase, saying that the volume increase makes the AirPods easier to spot in a backpack “without compromising on portability”. The module comes with the same width and depth as the AirPods, still allowing it to slide into most pockets, and it even comes with a built-in clip to securely fasten it to your clothes, belt, or your backpack straps while on the go. It also means you don’t need to carry a separate power bank on you!

Designer: Tang Gan of Pitaka

Click Here To Buy Now: $29 $49 (42% off). Hurry, less than 24 hours left!

AirPodPal– Makes Your AirPods Easier to Carry, Charge & Find! They are the world’s most powerful AirPods wireless charging case with power bank inbuilt. The anti-lost design and easy to carry.

AirPodPal is designed to make your AirPods easier to use. It extends the possibilities of your AirPods: making them safer to carry anywhere, switching the wired charging to wireless charging, and increasing the battery life to one whole week.

Not only does it improve your AirPods, AirPodPal also doubles up as an emergency phone charger.

The metal belt clip keeps your AirPods safe, and allows you to access or find the AirPods easily.

Now getting the headphones out of your bag becomes easier than ever before, thanks to AirPodPal.

AirPodPal charge your AirPods case and can also act as an emergency power bank for your phone or other devices.

AirPodPal is also your EDCP – Everyday Carry Power Bank.

Crafted from high-end materials, AirPodPal’s premium carbon fiber cover also provides the military-grade protection and has no interferences with the wireless charging, protecting your AirPods.

How to use the AirPodPal.

Click Here To Buy Now: $29 $49 (42% off). Hurry, less than 48 hours left!

aerial photos reveal groups of sugi (japanese cedar) trees swell toward the sky, creating the mysterious circular forests.

The post strange ‘crop circles’ appearing in japan are the result of 1973 experiment appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

The latest video in our Dezeen x MINI Living series features a concept for a modular housing system that allows residents to easily add extra rooms around the outside of their homes. Read more

These stunning embroidered landscapes were created by Russian artist Vera Shimunia. Vera captures the illusion of painted scenes with intricate needlework, portraying sunsets reflecting off of water, fields of flowers disappearing into the horizon, and lifelike storm clouds over distant rain. With a full spectrum of embroidery threads, Shimunia renders the vibrant scenes into palm-sized hoops. She conveys depth and dimension through various the use of textured threads and three dimensional fibers, as well as different stitch and knot techniques. And don’t forget to check other Wonderful Landscapes.

Dutch fashion designer Iris Van Herpen blends cutting-edge technology and classic motifs in her thought-provoking garments. Van Herpen’s most recent collection, Shift Souls, was showcased at Paris Fashion Week, and featured dresses that play with structure and color to blur the boundaries between fashion, technology, and art. In a statement on the brand’s website about the collection, Van Herpen explains that she was inspired by the fluidity of identity change in myths, particularly from Japan. The stories “gave me the inspiration to explore the deeper meaning of identity and how immaterial and mutable it can become within the current coalescence of our digital bodies.”

Many of the pieces in Shift Souls were created using laser cut fabric pieces to form abstracted birds and human faces, emphasizing the designer’s interest in the mutability of the human figure. Van Herpen also collaborated with artist Kim Keever to design fabric patterns based on his liquid color cloud photographs, as shown in the blue dresses below. And be sure to check beautiful balloon dresses.

Olga Vishnevsky who also calls herself Pepelangelo loves to create paintings starring Pepe The Frog which is a popular yet controversial internet meme. If you find her artworks amazing enough to actually pay your hard earned money for them, you should visit Pepelangelo’s Etsy store. But consider yourself warned: these paintings are not cheap.

Statistics say that 88% of new year resolutions end up getting abandoned… most of them by the 12th of January (that’s not even two weeks in). Studies also show that it takes roughly 21 days for an action to become a habit. Do something for three weeks and you get conditioned into doing it for longer. Hit the gym for three weeks and your body shows a good deal of results, pushing you to work out. Quit smoking for 21 days and you’re less likely to crave a cigarette. The better. Pad lets you embark on that 21 day journey to becoming a better you.

Comprising 21 tear-off papers that you can rip off when you complete a goal, the better. pad helps you count your days down as you stay true to your new habit/resolution. At the end of 21 days you receive a sticker (located at the end of the book) that helps you commemorate sticking to your resolution. A great book to have at home, keep at the office, or give to a friend, the better. pad can be used for anything from quitting old habits to forming newer, healthier ones. We’ve entered February. It’s still not too late to be your best self!

Designers: Fabio Castellanos and Natalia Szabla for the7thFl

Click Here To Buy Now: $8 (Exclusive Kickstarter Limited Edition).

better. is a self improvement tear-off pad. It is a booklet that encourages forming new habits and improving your life.

Have you ever made a resolution you had difficulty sticking to? You are not alone… Some studies state that it takes about 21 days to form a new habit. better. would like to challenge you to make a self-improvement goals, no matter how big or small, and help you stick to it.

better. is a simple printed pad that makes the difficult process of habit change satisfying and encouraging. No unnecessary tech. No needless gimmicks.

Starting with day one, tear off one page a day, until you reach day 21.

The red ripple pattern, like the growing rings on a tree, expands every day to mark your journey, and give you a visual idea of your progress.

It’s all about small victories – the last page of the pad contains a special sticker prize. Each sticker will be accompanied by an explanation. The sticker you receive is random, and only you will know it’s meaning.

Click Here To Buy Now: $8 (Exclusive Kickstarter Limited Edition).

whether they’re in plain metal or boasting bright colors, japanese manhole covers are so unique that they have a festival of their own.

The post festival in tokyo celebrates japanese manhole covers appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

We love Photowall’s creative wall murals and photo wall coverings. They work with over 100 designers to create unique patterns and designs. We fell for the Cosmic Abstraction by Cecilia Carlstedt and are thrilled to be offering it as a digital download for February’s desktop, complete with an Albert Einstein quote to keep you motivated.

DESKTOP:  1024×768 \\\ 1280×1024 \\\ 1680×1050 \\\ 1900×1200 \\\ 2560×1440

MOBILE: iPhone XS \\\ iPhone XS Max \\\ iPad Pro

See more of the Photowall’s magnificent murals here.

View and download past Designer Desktops here.