LastObjectによるLastSwab 再利用可能な綿棒は、サステナブル製品・プロジェクト・グリーンデザインコンペティションカテゴリーにおける非常に権威ある2021 A' Design Award 金賞の優れた受賞作品です。

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LastSwab 再利用可能な綿棒

デザイナー： LastObject

クライアント: LastObject

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LastSwab 再利用可能な綿棒について

LastSwabは、使い捨て綿棒に代わるものとして生まれた再利用可能な綿棒です。最大1000回まで繰り返し使用でき、使いやすく、お手入れも簡単です。形状は使い慣れた綿棒のような感触になるよう設計されています。一般用途向けのベーシック版と、メイク直しに適した先端が斜めになったビューティー版の2種類を用意。どちらのバージョンにも、海洋流出予定のプラスチックを再生した素材で作られた携帯ケースが付属し、この素材は軸部分にも使用されています。先端は熱可塑性エラストマー製で、水を吸収しません。

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A' Design Award 金賞について

LastSwab 再利用可能な綿棒は、まさに素晴らしく傑出した第一級のデザインに授与される、計り知れないほど権威ある評価である A' Design Award 金賞の受賞作品です。金賞の受賞作品は、きわめて革新的で、先見性に富み、きらびやかに輝く創造物であり、デザイナーの天才性、叡智、卓越した技量を映し出しています。LastSwab 再利用可能な綿棒は、最も称賛される、流行を牽引する記念碑的な発明であり、前例のない価値をもたらすことが期待されます。この A' Design Award 金賞を受賞したデザインは、壮観で尊敬されるプロジェクトであり、芸術・科学・デザイン・技術の境界に大きく寄与し、それを前進させます。LastSwab 再利用可能な綿棒は、強い欲求を生み出し、情熱を呼び覚まし、創造性を促し、私たちを引きつけます。

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独自の特性: LastSwab is a reusable and sustainable alternative to single-use cotton swabs. LastSwab is designed to be used up to a thousand times and to be easy to use, easy to clean, and most importantly designed to feel like the swabs we are used to. It is made in two versions, a Basic version to replace the purpose of a cotton swab, and a Beauty version with an angled tip for correcting make-up. Both come in a carrying case made from recycled ocean-bound plastic, which is also used for the rod of the swab.
寸法とパッケージ: LastSwab (in carrying case): Width 109 mm x Depth 18 mm x Height 14 mm
タグ: Reusable, Sustainable, Swab, Buds, Q Tip, Alternative, Ocean Bound Plastic, Reuse, Reduce, Recycle, Ears
製造技術: In collaboration with Resea Project, ocean-bound plastic is collected and driven to a factory where it is transformed into plastic pellets. Afterward, the plastic pellets are pressed through an injection mold and into molds that shape the rod. Then the rod is mechanically removed, turned, and over-molded. In the next step, the tip made of TPE is applied to the rod. Finally, the swab is put into the carrying case, which undergoes the same stage of production as the rod, only in a different mold.
デザインの課題: The hardest part is creating something new, while at the same time not forcing change upon the user. We all know how hard it is to change our habits. If you create a product that expects the user to change a habit you risk them buying it but not using it. This would defeat the purpose of LastObject. Creating something beautiful, durable, simple, environmentally friendly, and self-explanatory is also important, but less of a challenge.
リサーチ: Online search will usually lead to scientific or business reports. Ultimately we'll create several "life cycle assessment" reports for each of our products to understand the impact better. It starts with the question: Does this need to be a single-use item?
We used Google and Wikipedia which then led us to more hard facts.
We do user trials with prototypes. Our process is quite circular: research, design, tests, feedback, design changes, or new research and repeat.
インスピレーション: Every day 1.5 billion disposable cotton swabs are produced and every year an average person uses hundreds of them. To manufacture a disposable cotton swab resources have to be taken out of the ground, moved to a production facility, produced, packaged, shipped, and then purchased by a consumer. This entire procedure requires the cotton swab to be used once and then discarded. By using LastSwab we eliminate the need to produce and use resources that are unnecessary.
プロジェクト期間: The project started in November 2018 in Copenhagen and LastSwab launched on the crowdfunding platforms Kickstarter and IndieGoGo in April 2019. LastSwab is now available on our own website.
オペレーションフロー: When using LastSwab, simply take it out of the carrying case and use it for any purpose you may have. It can be used for anything that you would use a regular cotton swab for. It does not absorb water. After using it, you can clean it with hot water and soap.
The beauty swab has an angled tip that is made for correcting make-up.
特許: Patent Application No: PCT/EP2020/050768 - PCT
チームメンバー: Isabel Aagaard
Nicolas Aagaard
Kåre Frandsen
画像クレジット: Image #1, Photographer Tetiana Kolosko, 2021
Optional Image #1, Photographer Tetiana Kolosko, 2021
Optional Image #2, Photographer Tetiana Kolosko, 2021
Optional Image #3, Photographer Tetiana Kolosko, 2021
Optional Image #4, Photographer Tetiana Kolosko, 2021
Video Credits:Edvinas Maciulevicius and Louise B.Maciulevicius, silksocial.co, 2020