Jelloware re-imagines the concept of drinking, and imparts a new experience in the way it feels, tastes, smells, moves, and is even disposed of. The cups are made entirely out of agar agar and cast in different flavors, such as lemon-basil, ginger-mint, or rosemary-beet, each specifically designed to compliment a corresponding drink. Jelloware is meant to be thrown into the grass after it is used, as agar agar is a seaweed extract and actually nurtures the growth of plants.
*Concept for Absolut Vodka
ABSOLUT JELLOWARE are edible cups in different flavors that compliment a corresponding ABSOLUT VODKA drink. The cups, made from agar agar, can be nibbled on while drinking, and any leftover remnants can be composted.
ABSOLUT JELLOWARE are edible cups in different flavors that compliment a corresponding ABSOLUT VODKA drink. The cups, made from agar agar, can be nibbled on while drinking, and any leftover remnants can be composted.
There are endless flavor possibilites!
*Finalist; Care to Air Competition
Drying your jeans is a huge waste of energy, but people do not know this. HANG ANYWHERE is a call to action: part product design, part revolution.
Drying your jeans is a huge waste of energy, but people do not know this. HANG ANYWHERE is a call to action: part product design, part revolution.
The HANG ANYWHERE straps are fabricated using post-industrial scraps and integrated into Levi's jeans, adding little to no carbon footprint. Your jeans can be hung anywhere by simply looping and buttoning.
The Levi's red HANG ANYWHERE straps are eye-catching to get people's attention, start a conversation, and spread this idea.
WHAT THE HELLA is a line of beauty products designed to help the communities of the Yucatan Peninsula who harvest a natural material called chicle latex. Developing a viable economic export would preserve their indigenous culture and natural habitat and protect their land from being clear-cut. This project is inspired by the Cooper-Hewitt's exhibition, Design for a Living World, in which Hella Jongerius was asked to find an industrial use for chicle but was unable to. We were determined to pick up where Hella left off.
CHICLE WAX: Chicle is sticky and heat-activated making it an ideal body wax. The porcelain wax pot holds a candle underneath which heats the chicle. Wooden sticks and muslin are used to apply soft chicle to remove hair.
ANCIENT INCENSE: The ancient Maya burned chicle as incense mixed with another tree resin, copal. The porcelain incense pot uses a candle to heat the two resins together in the bowl.
CHICLE SOAP & OIL: The soap and oil are scented with sapodilla fruit, which comes from the same tree as chicle and smells like pear dipped in brown sugar. The oil can be used to moisturize and also remove sticky chicle. The bottles have a chicle composite stopper, which is waterproof and moldable.
We may be sitting at the same table, but we are not together: a common condition of our over-wired world. It is time to question what truly nurtures the human spirit. MY PHONE IS OFF FOR YOU is a revolution; a series of tools designed to help engage in the present moment and spread this idea!
The PHONEKERCHIEF actually blocks phone signals. Wrap phones up for a convivial conversation and spread the word!
*with Tobias Wong and Josee Lepage
The Papabubble Pop-Up Shop inside Cappellini was designed for the recession: affordable design icons made out of candy.
The Papabubble Pop-Up Shop inside Cappellini was designed for the recession: affordable design icons made out of candy.
Photos by Davies and Starr
Stem cells hold limitless potential for regenerating the human body, yet one of the most readily accessible sources of these remarkable healing agents remains stigmatized within our society--this source is menstrual blood.
Perceptions of menstrual blood distort its beauty. A woman's cycle is hidden, its product disposed of like contraband. MADEMOICELL rejects this myopia, by embracing a future in which stem cells extracted from menstrual blood are used to regenerate organs, repair tissue and reverse disease.
With MADEMOICELL, women are empowered to collect and store their own stem cells with a special medical- grade silicone device and storage kit that is simple, convenient and easy to use.
Perceptions of menstrual blood distort its beauty. A woman's cycle is hidden, its product disposed of like contraband. MADEMOICELL rejects this myopia, by embracing a future in which stem cells extracted from menstrual blood are used to regenerate organs, repair tissue and reverse disease.
With MADEMOICELL, women are empowered to collect and store their own stem cells with a special medical- grade silicone device and storage kit that is simple, convenient and easy to use.
*1st Place; Wedgwood Competition
SERVASE is a new way of setting the table: each place setting is disassembled to reveal a part of the meal, which is shared with the table.
SERVASE is a new way of setting the table: each place setting is disassembled to reveal a part of the meal, which is shared with the table.
Rent-A-Picnic is a low-cost, low-waste, reusable picnic that encourages slowing down and enjoying the company of others in the park.
The bindle-stick, filled with homemade food, a PhoneKerchief, and a deck of cards, turns into a personal picnic blanket.
The packaging and presentation for KIEHL'S Flagship Store in NYC was designed to promote the Essence Oils.
These color palettes were forecasted by analyzing continuing trends with respect to key future events.
*with Boym Partners
This stop motion video was created for HISTORY CHESS, a wooden chess set with carved figures representing a historic moment from the last century.
This stop motion video was created for HISTORY CHESS, a wooden chess set with carved figures representing a historic moment from the last century.