Innovative Designs

Designers have spent decades facilitating our over-cons Sleek interfaces let us hail rides at the press of a button and order inexpensive clothes to our doorsteps. But all that cheap, fast design has a cost. The environment is suffering because of our everyday habits. Now, designers are addressing the grave problems cons Here are some of the most innovative designs of 2019. Buy a pair of these Adidas running shoes and when you're done wearing them, Adidas will grind them up, melt them down and turn them into new shoes. The sneaker material can undergo t Eventually, it can be turned into something Most plastic raincoats are made from carbon-intensive petrole After ancient sunlight is made from fast-growing algae, which actively cons The resulting garment is both biodegradable and carbon negative. T Built on a former contaminated rail site, it features a recreational field that floods deliberately during heavy rains and drains slowly afterward to protect the neighborhood from water damage. These student designers partnered with a team of scientists to turn red mud, a waste product of al The best way to cut down on the waste of single-use coffee cups is to bring your own mug, but only about 2% of cons With Cup Club, you rent a container, then return it wit T Coffee isn'the only industry with a single-use packaging problem. Think about all the household goods Loop allows you to order major brand items in reusable containers. When you're done, Loop picks them up, cleans them, refills them, and sends them on to new customers. Nearly every purchase you make has a carbon footprint, whether you're buying somet T Worldwide, we're expected to generate more than 57 million tons of e-waste by 2021. Orastreams is a three-year long research project into what happens to our devices after we throw them away. The project includes a proposal to turn old phones and laptops into office furniture, think filing cabinets made of al The designs force people to literally sit with the consequences of their cons