Starting Small

Plastic bags. They clog drawers, landfills, coastlines and trailheads. Recycling them is confusing and inefficient. But what if there was a way to turn the trash into something of value? Enter Industrial Designer Will Wells. Today, we bring you our annual Year of Big Ideas. We talked to contributors and friends about their goals for the coming year. Here’s to going big, traveling to new places and trying something new. And here’s to making something that will inspire others, even if it’s small.

Happy 2014.

Music: Moonshine by Angie and the Car Wrecks   •   Shoot You Down by 202s   •   Please Don’t Ask Me to Explain It by The Walthall Tango   •   This Modern Love by Bloc Party   •   41 South by John Berry   •   In a Cave by Tokyo Police Club

Music courtesy of Mevio’s Music Alley.