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The fragrance company building ‘pro-future’ perfume

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The fragrance company building ‘pro-future’ perfume

Natural fragrance company Altra is striving to build ‘pro-future’ perfume, a term the company has trademarked to reflect its sustainability goals a...
Beauty : Health & Wellness : Sustainability
Surreal boots to stamp out wasteful fashion

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Surreal boots to stamp out wasteful fashion

Fashion brand AVAVAV have released a pair of avant-garde shoes, that are crafted using discarded fabric from luxury fashion houses.
Sustainability : Supply Chain : Local
Gold for tech

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Gold for tech

Tokyo – The Olympic organising committee is encouraging people to donate their old gadgets to be recycled into medals.
Olympic Games : Whole-systems Thinking : Sustainability
Resourceful kitchens

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Resourceful kitchens

Stockholm – Design studio Form Us With Love has collaborated with Ikea to create kitchen fronts made from recycled plastic bottles.
Ikea : Sustainability : Design
DIY design

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DIY design

Stockholm – The Ikea Democratic Design Day 2015 revealed the furniture retailer’s plans to take back hacks.
Ikea : Democratic Design Day : Hacks
Test project: Gin brand gives paper mill a new lease of life

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Test project: Gin brand gives paper mill a new lease of life

Laverstoke, UK – Gin-maker Bombay Sapphire has collaborated with London-based designer Thomas Heatherwick to convert a former water-powered paper...
Bombay Sapphire : Thomas Heatherwick : Distillery
Waste Redux

Micro Trends

Waste Redux

Food waste is one of the curses of 21st century consumer culture. Between 30% and 50% of food produced globally – between 1.2bn and 2bn tonnes – is...
Food Waste : Handyfaace : Urban Food Initiative
Liquid asset: Wine bottle made from recycled paper

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Liquid asset: Wine bottle made from recycled paper

Healdsburg, California – British packaging firm GreenBottle has collaborated with Californian wine producer Truett-Hurst to launch Paperboy, a wine...
Wine : GreenBottle : Paperboy
Recycling dining: Food waste traded in at pop-up eatery

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Recycling dining: Food waste traded in at pop-up eatery

Vienna – Biomat is a pop-up food-recycling restaurant by product designer Vera Wiedermann, which is open for nine days during Vienna Design Week.
Restaurant : Biomat : Zero-waste
Boomers and Millennials diverge on green behaviour

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Boomers and Millennials diverge on green behaviour

Boomers and Millennials diverge on green behaviour
Hybrid : Energy : Care
Piping hot: Great Ormond Street plays pipe music

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Piping hot: Great Ormond Street plays pipe music

London – Hackney-based Studio Weave has built a series of listening pipes in a courtyard at Great Ormond Street hospital that form a music installa...
Music : Installation : Studio Weave
Good on paper: Onyx car features new material

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Good on paper: Onyx car features new material

Good on paper: Onyx car features new material
Design : Newspapers : Peugeot
Seedy business: Kit promotes heirloom cultivation

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Seedy business: Kit promotes heirloom cultivation

Seedy business: Kit promotes heirloom cultivation
Plants : Gardening : Show
Cooked look: Food waste range is on the button

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Cooked look: Food waste range is on the button

Cooked look: Food waste range is on the button
Food Futures : Bio-trimmings : Hoyan Ip
Charlie Crook : Micro-recycling

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Charlie Crook : Micro-recycling

Future Industries co-founder Charlie Crook talks micro-recycling. 
Micro-Recycling : Recycle : Home Factory
Mix and match: Designer promotes furniture re-use

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Mix and match: Designer promotes furniture re-use

Mix and match: Designer promotes furniture re-use
Design : Central Saint Martins : Industrial Design
Space-saver: Office design goes the whole hog

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Space-saver: Office design goes the whole hog

Space-saver: Office design goes the whole hog
Office : Home : Tables
Electric avenue: Kiosk gives power to the people

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Electric avenue: Kiosk gives power to the people

Electric avenue: Kiosk gives power to the people
Cellular : Battery : Emerging
Earth, wind and fire: Restaurant powered by the elements

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Earth, wind and fire: Restaurant powered by the elements

Earth, wind and fire: Restaurant powered by the elements
Restaurant : New Sublimity Tourism : Energy
Off the wall: Waste insulates Mexican housing

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Off the wall: Waste insulates Mexican housing

Off the wall: Waste insulates Mexican housing
Wine : Jobs : Housing
Animal craft: Designers go hell for leather

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Animal craft: Designers go hell for leather

Animal craft: Designers go hell for leather
Design : Design Performance : Animals
Starbucks branch banks on testing local ideas

Big Ideas

Starbucks branch banks on testing local ideas

Starbucks branch banks on testing local ideas
Starbucks : Café : Laboratory
Women share clothes following royal example

Big Ideas

Women share clothes following royal example

Women share clothes following royal example
Sharing : Recycle : Re-commerce
We-Commerce

Micro Trends

We-Commerce

As environmental concerns have become more important to consumers, LS:N Global has tracked the shifts, through trends such as the Cradle-to-Cradle ...
Cradle To Cradle : C2C : Brandstanding
Great find: Designers go wild in the woods

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Great find: Designers go wild in the woods

Great find: Designers go wild in the woods
Craft : Monte Beigua : Found Objects
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