An eco-friendly brush that calculates the plastic you have saved from the trash

Posted on 20/05/2019 by James Hoare

Toothbrushes are infamously difficult to recycle; their plastic bodies paired with the silicone over molds make the materials a challenge to separate, resulting in them spending the remainder of their lives on landfill sights… not great for a device that we only use for 4 minutes a day! Whilst regularly replacing our toothbrush is necessary, the handle can withstand a much longer lifespan than the heads.

This beautiful design is 2°C, a toothbrush that reduces the overall plastic waste by a staggering 87%! This has been achieved through the implementation of a high-quality reusable body that accommodates the disposable brush heads. Requiring just the heads to be replaced every six months. Its intriguing design doesn’t end at sustainability, packed into the magnetic base is a technology that quietly tracks your brushing stats, whilst simultaneously keeping track of the age of the brush head! This information is communicated to the user through the mobile app, allowing for unobtrusive tracking of the device!

Designer: Andrea Mangone

“When not in use the toothbrush snaps magnetically to a smart base for a minimum footprint on the bathroom counter. The smart base is able to track brushing time and frequency, as well as estimating when the brush heads should be replaced for an optimal brushing effectiveness. Moreover the system is able to provide an additional estimate of how much plastic is being saved from trash,” Mangone explains to YD.

A laptop on steroids

Posted on 07/08/2017 by Sarang Sheth

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The very idea that something like the Upside Down PC can exist excites me! Designed to be used in a wide variety of configurations, from a laptop, to a tablet, to a workstation tablet, to a desktop, the Upside Down concept computer comes with a 360° hinge, a touchscreen, and a track-pad with a detachable keyboard beneath it. The laptop and tablet configurations have been explored enough with convertible laptops, but Upside Down truly pushes boundaries with the way one can detach the keyboard and use the track-pad as a prop-stand. What’s more, it even comes with a stylus of its own, making it an iPad Pro, but just loads better.

The new-age convertible PC, the Upside Down (I’d honestly choose a better name), is pretty much for everyone. Whether you use it as a laptop, a tablet/notebook, a desktop, or a stylus-based workstation, the Upside Down caters to your needs. The only thing I need now is for it not to be a concept!

Designer: Andrea Mangone

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Pay It Back to the Planet

Posted on 03/11/2016 by Troy Turner

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What if plastic trash could be turned into something good for nature? The Back to Nature concept answers this question by turning plastic waste into something that helps nature thrive rather than destroy it.

The set includes 3 products: a beehive, bird feeder and a flower pot, made of 100% recycled plastic and targeted specifically for the benefit of wildlife and plants. Considering that essentially every piece of plastic made still exists in some form today (because it takes thousands of years to naturally decompose), there’s plenty to go around for the earth’s benefit instead of detriment.

High-density polyethylene (HDPE) is a plastic commonly used for products such as detergent containers, milk jugs and water bottle caps. The HDPE recycling process starts by collecting the disposed products which are then cleaned, separated based on their color and shredded into tiny pieces. This material is then compression moulded to create the bodies of the beehive, birds feeder and flower pots. Infinite texture and colour variations can be achieved by mixing the source materials in different combinations and proportions.

Low-density polyethylene (LDPE) is present in shopping bags, food wraps and a variety of packagings. Although ubiquitous It is harder to recycle and its disposal causes serious environmental threats. The cords of the beehive and birds feeder are thus made of disposed plastic bags cut into strips and woven together to create a strong, water-resistant structure.

Designer: Andrea Mangone

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