Next + Now Stories
May 7, 2010
As basic raw materials become more expensive-and they will-we are going to start mining landfills for their valuable minerals and metals.-Andrew Dent, Material ConneXion, in Metropolis magazine
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May 7, 2010
What if we understood where trash went, and how much energy it took to make it disappear? Would consumers think twice about their purchases? Would the industry redesign its products?
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May 7, 2010
Though it operates seven stores, Moosejaw does the majority of its business online. So it’s no surprise that the personality-filled outdoors retailer uses its shipping boxes to create what it
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May 3, 2010
Realizing that the consumption of snack foods is often habitual rather than the result of hunger, an Icelandic product designer developed a whimsical alternative called Slim Chips. The experimental line
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March 19, 2010
“We don’t want to just do the products that consumers want. We want to be inspired by consumer desires and surprise them with products and services they don’t expect.”- Estée
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March 19, 2010
Park Supermarket is a concept by Rotterdam-based Van Bergen Kolpa Architects, which is trying to make better use of the local landscape, affected by climbing water tables, and reduce the
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March 19, 2010
A breakthrough by IBM and Stanford University scientists could lead to a new way to make PET plastic continuously recyclable. When recycling conventional PET, the metal in the polymer degrades
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February 26, 2010
Don’t be fooled by the prehistoric-sounding name, CREA PAC is a globally sourced “inspiration box” that puts packaging trends directly in your hands. Delivered quarterly, each box contains consumer products,
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February 23, 2010
Commemorative jars were delivered to 160 fans of Marmite, the soy-sauce-like spread made in the UK, to announce the March release of a new “extra mature” variety called Marmite XO.
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February 23, 2010
The online boutique 3floz.com is meeting a need that came out of the Transportation Safety Administration’s travel ban on liquids that are more than three ounces. Launching in January, the
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