Designed to change the world

[ad_1] Photography: Courtesy the designer Here is a product that surpasses socially relevant design to emerge a victor in the economic growth, sustainability, and rural empowerment sectors… Necessity is the mother of invention and the necessity to develop alternatives for plastics and rubbers has never been greater than it is today. The discovery of one such alternative gave Tjeerd Veenhoven, a product designer from Holland, the “Eureka moment” of his life, with palm leather emerging as a viable alternative not just to plastics and rubbers; but more importantly, to animal leather. The Majestic PalmPlanting a New Palm In the course […]