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The Entrepreneurs on Monocle 24: We meet two brands using good design to shift consumer habits in food and drink. This week we meet two companies using good product design to help shift consumer habits: San Francisco water-bottle company Larq and London’s Black + Blum, maker of top quality stainless-steel lunch boxes.

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This week we hear from two companies using good product design to help shift consumer habits in food and drink. We speak to Dan Black of London’s Black + Blum to hear about its range of stainless-steel lunch boxes, cutlery and water bottles that are inspiring people to think twice about wasteful packaging. Plus: we meet Justin Wang of Larq, makers of self-cleaning water bottles and pitchers that remove bacteria from water using UV light.

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