Industrial design with a political conscience.
Unplug Design’s mantra is:
Pull out the plug from the system and plug in the community.
(ASIDE: While I am a fan of electronics, hopefully soon we will realize Tesla’s wireless energy transfer on a large scale, and not rely on plugs to be “connected” any longer.)
The Dream Ball is packaging.
Specifically, a packaging design idea for famine relief supplies.
After the supplies are unpacked, the pre-perforated cardboard containers can be easily weaved into soccer balls!
Does not seem that tough to implement. And if a small percentage actually use the balls for recreation, it’s worth it, versus simply creating more packaging waste.
The Dream Ball will be showcased at the London Design Festival, occurring next week, as part of Designersblock.
Unplug Design (whose website is currently down for me) is based in Seoul, which becomes apparent when reading the English step-by-step instructions for Dream Ball construction.
I think the main point gets across, anyway.
Kudos.
Do you know where my Design group could get our hands on a pair of dies for the dream ball?