Sustainable Design

Jennifer Schaffer’s ’20 (Industrial Design) “Trove Natural Beauty” capstone project is a premium, refillable cosmetic line developed through sustainable design practices. 

The problem: “The cosmetic industry is highly scrutinized for being an environmentally unsustainable market due to their superfluous use of materials, unethical sourcing of ingredients, a surplus of greenhouse gas emission and water contamination. 

The solution: “Using sustainable design practices, develop a premium beauty line for cosmetic users that is founded upon extending the core of cosmetics: a desire for beauty and preserving and protecting the natural beauty of the environment.