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Saturday 31 October 2020

Supublic's 1N9 Modern Cleaner tablets cut down on plastic waste

Supublic rids of unnecessary plastic production with 1N9 Modern Cleaner tablets

Seoul-based brand Supublic has developed a series of more sustainable cleaning supplies that save on single-use plastic by replacing liquid products with dissolvable tablets.

Supublic's 1N9 Modern Cleaner project has been shortlisted for this year's Dezeen awards in the sustainable design category.

The studio developed a series of tablets made with a concentration of non-toxic cleaning agents that users can dissolve in water to create 430 millilitres of solution. The name 1N9 is an appreciation of the ratio of 10 per cent detergent to 90 per cent water.

After making the initial purchase of three reusable bottles, consumers can order refill tablets in packs.

1N9 Modern Cleaner tablets can then be mixed with water in the same containers, saving them from buying more single-use plastic bottles in the future when the product runs out.

The tablets come in three different versions – the blue tablet is a multi-purpose cleaner, while the yellow is designed for the bathroom and the orange for the kitchen.

These each come with their own colour-coded and labelled 1N9 Modern Cleaner bottle, which is also recyclable, to enable to user to see what bottle to put which tablet in when it comes to refilling them.

Each colour also features different natural ingredients and scents, with the blue containing orange and lavender, the yellow including coconut and mint, and the orange containing lemon and thyme.

Supublic's founders began the 1N9 Modern Cleaner project after realising the number of chemicals, such as sodium lauryl sulfate and triclosan, are in standard cleaning products.

These chemicals – alongside the one billion cleaning bottles that are thrown out each year – can be harmful to the environment, so the brand developed a natural sanitising solution as an alternative.

"We want to do better. That means asking ourselves, every day, how we can improve," said Supublic.

"Whether it's mindlessly tossing out an empty cleaning bottle or glossing over the ingredients list, small daily actions can shape the future of our planet," added the brand.

"By uncovering how we can be better to ourselves and to the earth, we are one step closer to a healthier and plastic-free world."

Another project shortlisted for Dezeen Awards 2020, is Spruce's refillable cleaning product system. The pastel-hued bottles made from aluminium can be purchased once and reused endlessly using dehydrated refills.

Also shortlisted for Dezeen Awards 2020 is the Bio Iridescent Sequin by Elissa Brunato, which is made from cellulose extracted from trees as an eco-friendly alternative to plastic sequins.

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Recycled drink cans decorate exterior of Daily Paper's first US store

Recycled cans cover Daily Paper store in New York

Over 13,000 flattened aluminium cans decorate the facade of Dutch fashion label Daily Paper's inaugural shop in the US, which has opened in Manhattan, New York.

The two-storey Daily Paper store spans 1,140 square feet (106 square metres) and occupies a prominent corner building in Manhattan's Lower Eastside.

Up until now, the brand has exclusively been based out of Amsterdam, where its founders – childhood friends Hussein Suleiman, Abderrahmane Trabsini, and Jefferson Osei – grew up in the Oud-West neighbourhood.

All three founders are of African descent, with Suleiman's family hailing from Somalia, Trabsini's from Morocco and Osei's from Ghana.

This has come to heavily inform the look of the store, where Heather Faulding of studio 4plus Design has subtly incorporated references to both Dutch and African culture.

The store building had been boarded up and was almost at a point beyond repair, but it has now been fully restored to feature a more ornately-shaped roof that emulates the form those seen on traditional Dutch townhouses.

Interiors of Daily Paper store in New York — A floor mosaic features on the store's ground level

Decorating the facade are thousands of recycled white, green and black drinks cans provided by Arizona Iced Tea, which appear to have been squashed.

"In order to create this effect, we estimate a total of between 13,500 and 14,000 recycled cans were used – all manually cut, compressed, glued and screwed on panels," co-founder Osei explained in an Instagram post.

The cans are then arranged in an intricate lattice pattern that's meant to recall traditional East and South African beadwork.

Upon entering the store, customers are greeted by a huge, circular floor mosaic that denotes the label's name and logo.

Drawing on African cosmology, the mosaic is fitted with small lights that chart the star constellation visible in Amsterdam skies the day that Daily Paper was officially established – 1 April 2012.

The surrounding ground floor has been made to look like a museum, with bright-white surfaces and tall glass cabinets that display accessories.

Quirky decor details include a series of Daily Paper-branded bean bag chairs and a map-like wall mural composed of rolled-up pieces of the New York Times newspaper.

A flight of stairs with vivid artwork incorporated on its risers leads up the store's first floor, where there is a relaxed coffee bar and lounge. A portion of the flooring is made from glass so that customers can glimpse people milling around on the shop floor below.

There's also space to hang out on the building's rooftop.

Staircase inside Daily Paper store in New York — Artwork appears on the staircase that leads to the store's first floor

Daily Paper started life as a lifestyle blog before evolving into the fashion brand it is today, producing Afrofuturism-inspired clothing collections that take cues from different facets of Suleiman, Trabsini and Osei's African heritage.

It isn't the only fashion label that has recently launched its first store in the US – earlier this month Belgian brand Dries Van Noten opened the doors to a store in Los Angeles, the interior of which is filled with work from artists across the world.

Photography is by Alec Kugler.

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