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These lamps are made with traditional fibres and PET plastic waste
Spanish designer Alvaro Catalan de Ocon launched the PET Lamp project in 2011 and has since worked with a variety of international communities to repurpose plastic waste. One piece from 2018 uses fibres and PET to create unique looking lamps.
Do you find IKEA’s home furnishing offerings a bit too bland? Want something new and unique? Ever considered your recycling box a potential goldmine for interior lamp décor?
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Explaining the Science Museum and Shell sponsorship backlash
The Science Museum says it will take down a placard originally created for a school climate strike after an appeal was launched. The museum’s latest exhibition, ‘Our Future Planet’, is sponsored by Shell, which has caused huge uproar with activists. Have you ever noticed corporate sponsorships that don’t make much sense or, at the very least, come across as contradictory? I’m talking McDonald’s sponsoring the Olympics, or Coca-Cola pumping money...
Most Gen Zers worry about being addicted to their phones
A new survey of over 2,000 adults by OnePoll indicates that almost 75% of young people worry about smartphone addiction. Should we be surprised at the numbers? Every wondered if you rely on your phone too much? Taking gadgets to the bathroom, sleeping next to a charger, or catching up on the latest episode of Love Is Blind via your bathtub are all fairly common behaviours, and are indicative of...
Music industry given new guidelines to tackle climate change
New recommendations have been put forward by scientists at the University of Manchester to reduce the music industry’s overall carbon footprint, including swapping jets for trains and offering free transport with tickets. If you live in the UK, you’ve likely seen a constant wave of Instagram stories from friends and colleagues at music festivals this summer. Some parts of the world are now finally able to enjoy live gigs again...
Eating a meat-based hot dog could reduce your life by 36 minutes
Need another reason to switch to a vegan diet? New research suggest that eating a single meat-based hot dog could shorten your life by over half-an-hour. BBQ doesn’t sound so fun now, eh? Forget drugs, getting too drunk, or attempting to do anything in the morning before a morning tea, the real threat to your health is hot dogs. Yes, that seemingly innocuous hunk of processed meat is actually a...
Prospect 100 and Kering launch sustainable design competition
Prospect 100 is partnering with luxury clothing group Kering for its latest competition, which asks to redesign an existent garment and make it sustainable. Up to $20,000 worth of prizes are up for grabs – including a PR workshop by us! Fancy yourself the next Alexander McQueen? Passionate about all things sustainable and eager to repurpose your wardrobe? You may want to check out Prospect 100’s latest free-to-enter contest, the...
New study finds Gen Z fuelling ‘great resignation’ in workforce
The youngest employees in the global workforce have expressed the greatest dissatisfaction with their current careers, and over a third plan on finding a new job within the next year. Gen Z and young Millennials are the most likely to switch jobs in the coming year and are the least satisfied with their current careers overall, a new study has found. Over 5,500 workers and small business leaders participated in the...
Facebook plans to become ‘water positive’ by 2030
The social media giant has announced it will restore more water than it uses globally within the next decade, intensifying the competition between tech firms to become carbon neutral. Your nan’s favourite source of stale memes and clickbait headlines, Facebook, has just announced plans to become ‘water positive’ by 2030. This means the company intends to restore more water than it consumes across the world - not just its US...
Lil Wayne advocates mental health in new interview
Long-time rapper and musician Lil Wayne has opened up about his experiences with depression, suicide, and mental health, advocating that people speak up and recognise when something isn’t right. Lil Wayne has been featured in the latest episode of Emmanuel Acho’s ‘Uncomfortable Conversations’ on YouTube, where he discusses his experiences with mental health and details a suicide attempt at age 12. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_iKNketUXI&ab_channel=EmmanuelAcho ‘I shot myself in the chest’, he says during...
Study suggests Gen Z prioritise digital life over real life
A new survey shows that young people now believe the way you present yourself online is more important than real life. Is our digital avatar now the priority? If you’ve been active online at all during the last fifteen years, you’ll no doubt have made at least one social media profile somewhere. Whether it be MSN or Myspace in the early noughties, or TikTok and Snapchat in the present day,...
