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Forget white space, good taste, and luxury—in independent magazine publishing it’s the ugly, the untidy, and the cheap that rule right now. (Jamieson, 2016) A group of independent magazines intentionally moved away from the clean and polished style that was common in design. Instead, they used messy layouts,
2026-27 Capstone
We are in a global waste crisis, and overconsumption and throwaway culture played a part in this crisis. Even though most things are technically recyclable, most materials are not profitable enough to actually recycle. And so, virgin materials continue to be extracted from the earth instead of recycling the materials
2026-27 Capstone
The blind/mystery box economy has recently skyrocketed in popularity. Consumers only find out what is inside the box after they have paid for it and opened it, and many will spend hundreds of dollars trying to get the exact trinket they want. The concept of buying “blind boxes” to
2026-27 Capstone
Rumpke is a family-owned waste and recycling company based in Ohio. Founded in 1932, the company has grown from a small local waste collection business into one of the largest privately owned waste and recycling companies in the country. Today, Rumpke provides residential, commercial, and industrial waste collection, recycling,
Science & Tech
This article gives a working example of automated and assistive medicine solving the exact problem my project is centered on: geographic distance from specialist care. What's especially useful is how honest the piece is about the gap between "technically possible" and "practically available". The
2026-27 Capstone
The Alterra Energy recycling plant in Akron, Ohio interested me because there are only two chemical recycling plants in Ohio, and one of them is located in Summit County, where my family lives. Alterra uses a process called pyrolysis, which is a type of thermochemical liquefaction, Instead of mechanically melting
2026-27 Capstone
Green Toys is a company that I think is innovative because it creates toys for children using recycled plastic. The company primarily uses post-consumer milk jugs, which helps keep plastic waste out of landfills. The plastic is collected, cleaned, and shredded before being reprocessed into new material and combined
2026-27 Capstone
Proyecto ROHI has built a school located at the base of the Tegucigalpa municipal landfill, It has been serving families who have been trapped in survival mode, earning their living collecting and sorting recyclable materials. For generations, families have foraged through the mountain of garbage dump looking for something to
2026-27 Capstone
Pela is a brand that has created one of the first 100% compostable phone cases. Their cases are plant-based and made from a combination of flax shive and biopolymers. They also offer other products, including Apple Watch bands and AirPods cases, for a variety of devices. What I find
Business
The Compost Exchange is a Columbus-based company that has created a simple system for turning food waste into something useful. Through a subscription, customers receive a yellow 5-gallon bucket to collect their food scraps. Each week, the bucket is picked up and the scraps are sent to local
2026-27 Capstone
Baralan is a company that designs, engineers, and manufactures packaging for beauty and cosmetic brands. They work primarily with skincare, makeup, and fragrance packaging, with a focus on performance, design, and long-term sustainability. Baralan has designed packaging that reduces the amount of material used, incorporates high-quality glass, and
2026-27 Capstone
This concept explores a similar strategy used by Rohi, which takes trash found in the Honduran landfill and turns it into new objects. In a similar way, this idea takes the valueless plastic shavings created from CNC machining Marble Plastics’ sheets and gives them a new purpose. Instead of remelting