Water vessel, by Beatrix Ong, Lou Blackshaw and James Cropper.
A love of great white sharks spurred designer Beatrix Ong to sign up for an international marine volunteering programme in 2017. Ong, sustainability advocate and erstwhile creative director of Jimmy Choo, spent four weeks with the Dyer Island Conservation Trust in South Africa, learning about her favourite species but also rehabilitating wildlife that had suffered as a result of pollution. ‘It made me realise that humans are affecting the oceans in a drastic way. It’s one thing to look at data on plastic pollution. Holding an intoxicated penguin brings a whole new level of emotion,’ she recalls.
‘People have questioned how we even begin to reverse our impact on the environment. But I believe that bigger problems don’t have to be met with even bigger solutions. We can start with small changes.’
One change she firmly believes in is abandoning single-use plastic bottles for durable, and eventually biodegradable, water containers – like the vessel she created for Handmade, made of recycled coffee cup paper and inspired by a sea shell she’d collected in South Africa. It’s a project that takes wellness and wonder to an ecological level, championing not just individual wellbeing but the health of the planet.
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POLE POSITION
A compact Melbourne house with a small footprint is big on efficiency and experimentation
URBAN OASIS
At an art-filled Mexico City residence, New York designer Giancarlo Valle has put his own spin on the country's traditional craft heritage
WARM FRONT
Designer Clive Lonstein elevates his carefully curated Manhattan home with rich textures and fabrics
BALCONY SCENE
A Brazilian island hotel offers a unique approach to the alfresco experience
ENSEMBLE CAST
How architect Anne Holtrop is leaving his mark on the Middle East
Survival mode
A new show looks at preparing for a post-apocalyptic landscape (and other catastrophes)
FLASK FORCE
A limited-edition perfume collaboration between two Spanish craft masters says it with flowers
BLOOM SERVICE
A flower-shaped brutalist beauty in Geneva gets a refresh
SECOND NATURE
A remodelled museum in Lisbon, by Kengo Kuma & Associates, meshes Japanese and Portuguese influences to create a space that sits in harmony with its surroundings
Guiding light
Designer Joe Armitage follows his grandfather's footsteps in India, reissuing his elegant midcentury lamp and creating a new chandelier for Nilufar Gallery