Welcome to the Trash Isles
An ocean of rubbish and the campaign to recognise it as an offical country.
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There's a pile of trash floating out in the Pacific Ocean that's so big it's on its way to becoming a recognized country...
with a flag
a passport
its own currency
citizens
stamps
and official UN recognition.
While the fact that a pile of trash equivalent to the size of France is sitting in the ocean is terrifying from an environmental perspective, the campaign to create the Trash Isles is shining a light on the rubbish with everyone's favourite secret weapon - good design.
Check out the campaign and the Trash Isles designs over at Design Week...
More entries
- The Great Water Tower HuntA very good reason to look up, and a perfectly acceptable thing to become slightly obsessed with.
- The Zanzibar BagWhy a piece of canvas from sail was worth keeping for years.
- Dialing it backA screenless landline for kids (and maybe the rest of us).
- For the love of HelveticaOne font to rule them all. Let us explain why.