A washing bag catches fibers shed in the laundry
GUPPYFRIEND is designed to collect fibers released from synthetic clothing. Its use continues after the wash, when the trapped fibers must be removed without rinsing them down the drain.
Lifestyle
Surprise Bags find a home for food left at closing time
Too Good To Go lets people reserve surplus food and collect it from a shop. The contents are a surprise; the pickup time and conditions are part of the purchase.
A time bank exchanges hours of help
A time bank records hours of help in a shared system. Credit earned by helping one member can be used to receive help from another.
GoodGym combines exercise with neighborhood volunteering
GoodGym brings running, walking, and cycling together with community volunteering in the UK. Group outings and sessions that meet on site have different schedules and entry requirements.
Swift bricks leave room for a bird’s nest
Swift bricks create nesting spaces inside building walls. British conservation guidance considers the cavity, entrance, and flight path together.
Furoshiki: a cloth for wrapping lunch boxes and bottles
Fold and knot a square of cloth to wrap a bottle, box, or lunch. Furoshiki can be opened, washed as its fabric allows, and used again.
Shuttle Chef keeps a whole cooking pot warm
Put a heated pot inside an insulated container and let retained heat continue the cooking. Shuttle Chef separates time on the stove from time spent cooking under insulation.
Solarcan records months of sunlight in a single photograph
Solarcan records light passing through a tiny hole onto photographic paper over a long exposure. The sun’s changing paths accumulate in one image.
Making the food replicas you see outside Japanese restaurants
At Ganso Shokuhin Sample-ya, visitors make wax tempura and lettuce. Recreating familiar restaurant displays draws attention to the shapes and textures that make food recognizable.
Seeds need backups stored somewhere else too
The Svalbard Global Seed Vault safeguards duplicate samples from genebanks worldwide. Storage at −18°C has already supported the return and regrowth of seeds displaced by war.
Before it became a bag’s pattern, it covered a truck
FREITAG cuts used truck tarps into bags. The material explains why colors and lettering differ even between bags of the same model.
After paddling, fold the kayak back into a box
Oru Kayak folds its hull for storage. The design changes how much space a waterside hobby asks for at home.