Reliable access to filtered water is one of the biggest problems facing the developing world today. A solution with a twist, Le Pumpkin focuses on both filtering and transporting water in an easy manner. The concept comes out of David Edwards‘ (the mind behind Le Whif) class at Harvard’s Wyss Institute. French designers Mathieu Lehanneur and Julien Benayoun joined the effort to realize a product …
Putting a new spin on medium as message, advertising firm Happiness in Brussels created this limited-edition line of posters by substituting oil for traditional ink. The screen prints, designed by Anthony Burrill, make their anti-offshore drilling statement even more specific by sourcing the oil from the Deep Water Horizon spill that wreaked havoc in the Gulf of Mexico earlier this year. Each signed and numbered …
While denaturing plastics is a relatively common practice, the compact Blest machine simplifies the process to a “safe to use at home” degree. Claiming to be the safest, cleanest and most user-friendly form yet, inventor Akinori Ito’s portable Blest machine converts plastic waste back into usable oil with just a temperature-controlling electric heater. A video of the machine in action shows how several features set …
