Being shown at the London Design Festival is the Dream ball. A brand new soccer ball, which is made by recycling famine relief packaging. Since buying a soccer ball is a luxury for children living in third world countries, they usually make one out of ropes and trash. Aid provided from the UN and RED CROSS to people living the third world is usually packaged in boxes, but most of them contain medication, food and other fundamental commodities.
Unplug design redesigned relief packaging in a way that after it has served its primary purpose, it can turn into different types of balls depending on the size of the boxes. They are made by simply cutting by hand the perforated cardboard boxes and weaving the pieces. The designers describe their design approach as follows: "Pull out the plug from the system and plug into the community."
This concept touched me as it combines both service/giving and soccer. I never thought about making ones own soccer ball. Ah, inspiration.
As seen on: core77
As seen on: core77
