Sustainable Product

Explore 76 award-winning designs tagged Sustainable Product on Magazine of Design.

Designer / Brand: Luan Fontes Work: Sustainable Social Building Tag: Sustainable Product

Out Of Sight

Out Of Sight is a social building project designed for Friars Island in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The project uses forty two twenty foot shipping containers treated with thermal insulation, forming a built area of 620 square metres. The containers house a dance school that previously operated beside the neighbouring church and three emergency social homes for local residents. A steel structural system was chosen to keep the construction light, safe and quick to build. The design follows the existing topography and supports access to culture and decent housing.

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Designer / Brand: Chaozhi Lin,Junjie Zhou,YongLiu,Can Wang Work: Kitchen Waste Disposal Box Tag: Sustainable Product

Vitality

Vitality Family Garden is a small indoor compost bin designed to process household kitchen waste. Earthworms placed inside the box eat food residues and turn them into natural fertiliser. The fertiliser is then used to grow vegetables in small planting pots. An LED planting lamp supports plant growth indoors, and its lighting modes are selected with buttons. The product is not automated, so composting and planting are completed by the user. Vitality Family Garden reduces kitchen odour and returns food waste to useful life.

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Designer / Brand: Trang Nguyen Thuy Work: Compact Spouting Experience Tag: Sustainable Product

Ba's Garden

Ba's Garden concept achieves its goal through a sustainable project, integrating farming into urban spaces. Using fully automated hydroponic technology, the project grows microgreens 25-50 percent faster, with reduced water and energy usage, minimizing food waste. Compact, modular, eco-friendly systems make it accessible to all, with a soilless method and a self watering system, plant roots continuously grow in a grid tray, providing high quality nutrition efficiently. The products are designed to seamlessly blend into home decoration spaces with a subtle, natural, and friendly design language

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Designer / Brand: Yingfei Zhuo Work: Sustainable Hotel Booking Platform Tag: Sustainable Product

Papera

Papera aims to build a new hotel booking platform, exploring the development of systematic sustainable solutions to enhance the green travel experience in hotels. The key features are integrating physical eco-friendly practices with a digital system to promote environmentally conscious behaviors among hotel guests. The digital interface implements a sustainable hotel ranking system, amenities focused on sustainability, and a green credit system designed to guide and reward customer behaviors.

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Designer / Brand: Estere Savicka Work: Acoustic Panels Tag: Sustainable Product

Kuss

Kuss is a collection of sound absorption panels designed to reduce excessive noise in homes, open offices and other public spaces. The panels are made of an ecological and non-toxic composite. Organic-rich lake sediments, known as sapropel, are used as the binder and mixed with natural fibres. Each panel measures 500 by 720 millimetres and is 30 millimetres thick. Panels are joined into sets and hung from the top and bottom, so walls are not damaged by glue or drill holes. The extraction of sapropel also improves the quality of freshwater resources and lake ecosystems.

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Designer / Brand: Xiaoyu Zhang Work: Smart Indoor Garden System Tag: Sustainable Product

Vaso

Vaso Smart Indoor Garden System combines elegance with functionality. Designed for easy plant placement, it fits most table plants and offers a plug-and-play experience. Advanced sensors ensure plants receive optimal hydration based on soil humidity. The mobile app provides real-time alerts for precise care. Crafted from recycled plastic, Vaso prioritizes sustainability and minimalistic aesthetics. Every detail minimizes environmental impact, delivering eco-consciousness and elegance in a single package, Vaso offers an ideal solution for plant enthusiasts with a busy life.

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Designer / Brand: Akkshit Khattar Work: Sustainable Food Packaging Tag: Sustainable Product

Doaba Dhaba

Doaba Dhaba is a sustainable food packaging system designed for a cloud kitchen in India. Main dishes are packed in handis, clay pots handcrafted by local artisans, closed with a clay lid and a label tied around the neck. Flatbreads such as rotis and naans are wrapped in freshly cut banana leaves tied with jute thread. Both items are then placed in a bag made of recycled paper. The materials are biodegradable and replace single-use plastic. Deliveries are made by electric vehicles to reduce the carbon footprint.

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Designer / Brand: Jana-Aimée Wiesenberger Work: Biomaterial Invention Tag: Sustainable Product

SeeTang Collection

SeeTang Collection is a set of products made from an algae based biomaterial. The collection includes an instant dish with edible packaging and bags. The inner packaging of the instant dish is cooked together with the food, as the biomaterial dissolves in water and is safe to eat. The outer packaging can be recycled or composted. The bags are made from the same material and are dyed with natural colours such as saffron, onion skin, hibiscus and coffee. The collection offers an alternative to single-use plastic bags. The design aims to raise awareness of marine conservation.

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Designer / Brand: ChungSheng Chen Work: Sustainability Suitcase Tag: Sustainable Product

Rhita

Assembly and disassembly designed for sustainability cause. With an Innovative hinge structure system designed, 70 percent of parts were reduced, no glue or rivet for fixation, no sewing of the inner lining, that makes it easier to be repaired, and downsized 33 percent of freight volume, eventually, extend the suitcase life-cycle. All parts can be purchase individually, for customizing own suitcase, or parts replacement, no returning suitcase to repair center needed, saves time and reduce shipping carbon footprint.

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Designer / Brand: Angelika Frenademetz Work: Eco Design Furniture Tag: Sustainable Product

Slow Wool Collection

The Slow Wool Collection is a set of blankets and pillows made for the home. Only natural sheep's wool from South Tyrolean shepherds is used. The wool is processed into blankets and pillows in small local manufactories. Standard sizes are offered, and pieces can also be made to measure. The packaging is fully recyclable, and boxes from the store are reused for shipping. Fair prices are paid to the shepherds and to the partner manufactories. The design is timeless and minimalist, and supports a slower and more mindful way of living.

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Designer / Brand: Wenkai Xue Work: Biomass Power System Tag: Sustainable Product

Photosynthetic City

Photosynthetic City is a combined solar and biomass energy system designed for existing city buildings. Solar panels on steel frames are mounted on the roof, while planting modules made of recycled injection molded plastic cover the building surface. The planting modules have small holes that guide excess rainwater downward, so every plant receives water and nutrients. Plant waste is collected and burned in a combined heat and power steam turbine to produce electricity. The plants also store carbon, clean the air and reduce noise, lowering the demand for traditional energy.

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Designer / Brand: Oliver Schütte Work: Residential Prototype Tag: Sustainable Product

No Footprint House

The NFH is developed for serial production, based on a larger toolbox of prefabricated residential typologies. A first prototype was built for a European family in the southwest of Costa Rica. They chose a two-bedroom configuration with steel structure and pine wood finishes, which was shipped to its target location on one single truck. The building is designed around a central service core in order to optimize logistical efficiency regarding assembly, maintenance and usage. The project seeks for integral sustainability in terms of its economic, environmental, social and spatial performance.

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