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Selected news about industrial and product design for DI students at ECAL (Lausanne, Switzerland)
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Sungai Watch chair consists of 2,000 plastic bags from Bali's rivers

Sungai Watch chair consists of 2,000 plastic bags from Bali's rivers | What's new in Design + Architecture? | Scoop.it
Indonesian non-profit Sungai Watch has unveiled the debut furniture launch from its design studio Sungai Design, aimed at creating useful products from the mountains of plastic waste that it fishes from Bali's rivers every day.
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iris van herpen designs dresses with parley's ocean-sourced upcycled plastic

iris van herpen designs dresses with parley's ocean-sourced upcycled plastic | What's new in Design + Architecture? | Scoop.it
dutch designer iris van herpen has collaborated with parley for the oceans in five dresses entirely made out of upcycled marine debris.
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'manta' by seacleaners is a giant sailboat on the attack of oceanic plastic pollution

'manta' by seacleaners is a giant sailboat on the attack of oceanic plastic pollution | What's new in Design + Architecture? | Scoop.it
recently introduced by seacleaners, 'manta' is a giant hybrid catamaran created to reinforce the battle against oceanic plastic pollution.
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'polyformer' by reiten cheng turns water bottles into filaments

'polyformer' by reiten cheng turns water bottles into filaments | What's new in Design + Architecture? | Scoop.it
3D-printed using recycled PET bottles, the 'polyformer' is a vertical and modular L-shaped machine that users can adjust to their liking.
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LEGO's new brick prototype is made from recycled plastic bottles

LEGO's new brick prototype is made from recycled plastic bottles | What's new in Design + Architecture? | Scoop.it
a one-liter recycled plastic bottle provides enough raw material for ten 2 x 4 LEGO bricks.
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kenyan woman’s startup recycles plastic into bricks that are stronger than concrete

kenyan woman’s startup recycles plastic into bricks that are stronger than concrete | What's new in Design + Architecture? | Scoop.it
called gjenge makers ltd, her company initiated following the development of a prototype machine that turns discarded plastic into paving stones.
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