Marine Drone Skims Our Oceanic Refuse

In response to the problem posed by Veolia Environmental Services, Industrial Designer Elie Ahovi and fellow designers have concepted this fantastic solution to help collect the vast swaths of garbage floating in the seas (note: the infamous Texas-sized gyre of plastic and other debris collecting in the pacific ocean). Their prospective “Marine Drone” is an…

aesthetic perspective sean serafini Plastic Bottle Oil Consumption Visualization

Convenient and Wasteful

Plastic bottles are convenient. But their convenience and proliferation in the market blinds us to the implications inherent in their production, short-lived usage, and the long-term waste they become. Americans alone pile 29 billion bottles per year on the Earth’s surface. Per year, this requires 17 million barrels of crude oil for production. Put another…