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---Press · updated 7 October 2026
Better Objects is a design company in Copenhagen, Denmark, that creates and launches new product brands. Its founders, Isabel Aagaard, Nicolas Aagaard and Kåre Frandsen, started as LastObject and launched LastSwab, a reusable cotton swab, on Kickstarter in 2019. Across seven funded campaigns they have been backed by more than 60,000 people.
Press kits
StitchGrid press kit
A stamp that prints a stitching grid, so anyone can mend and decorate fabric with sashiko.
LastFloss press kit
A reusable flosser you reload with ordinary floss. It replaces up to 1,000 single-use floss picks.
Survival Codex press kit
A sealed, sunlight-readable e-ink library that keeps working when the phone and the grid do not.
Founders
Isabel Aagaard
Co-founder and designer
Isabel designed medical products before co-founding the company, and holds a Master's in Collaborative Design from The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts.
Nicolas Aagaard
Co-founder and Chief Design Officer
Nicolas studied Furniture Design at The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and Economics at Copenhagen Business School, and leads every product from first sketch to production.
Kåre Frandsen
Co-founder
Kåre co-founded the company with Isabel and Nicolas in Copenhagen in 2016.
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LastObject in the press
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- Design Museum London: LastSwab, selected for Beazley Designs of the Year (2020)
- Good Morning America: I used the same cotton swab for a week and to be honest, I sort of loved it (2020)
- Vogue: 6 Reusable Skin-Care Products That Are Good for the Planet and Your Wallet (2020)
- Forbes: Valentine's Day Gift Guide: The Best Presents For Quarantined Lovers (2021)
- Fast Company: This startup wants its reusable menstrual pad to be the last period product you ever need (2021)
- Barron's: Good Company: How Copenhagen-Based LastObject Plans to Eliminate Single-Use Household Products (2021)
- TechCrunch: LastPad is a reusable menstrual pad that does away with disposable towels (2021)
- Business Insider: 3 women leading the zero-waste movement reveal how they're managing to change the world while making a profit (2020)
- Core77: LastObject Tackles Unsexy but Important Single-Use Items, Like Reusable Tissues, Strikes Kickstarter Gold (2020)
- Wallpaper*: Beazley Designs of the Year is a blueprint for our turbulent year (2020)
- TODAY: LastSwab: Cut down on plastic use with a reusable cotton swab (2021)
- The Telegraph: Plastic-stemmed cotton buds now banned: 3 sustainable alternatives (2020)
- The Guardian: On a roll: is Britain ready for reusable toilet paper? (2020)
- Women's Wear Daily: No Buy Years, Zero-Waste Define Deepening Consumer Movement (2020)
- Vogue España: Discos desmaquillantes reutilizables: guía definitiva para usarlos, lavarlos y reciclarlos correctamente (2020)
- Glamour UK: These are the best responsible, zero-waste beauty brands to shop now and forever (2021)
- Who What Wear: 55 Brands That Are Defining a New Era in Sustainable Beauty (2021)
- BuzzFeed: 23 Things To Replace In Your Bathroom To Make It More Sustainable (2020)
- Reviewed (USA Today network): Should you buy a reusable cotton swab? We found out (2020)
- Mic: Meet the designer creating a cleaner Earth by putting an end to single-use products (2020)
- World Economic Forum: Four new old-fangled ways to save the planet (2020)
- The Weather Channel: Trio of Danish Entrepreneurs Designs Reusable Cotton Swabs (2019)
- Yanko Design: Zero waste living is easy with this reusable tissue pack (2020)
- Shopify: LastObject: Replacing Single-Use Plastics With Reusables (2020)
Track record
Seven funded crowdfunding campaigns on Kickstarter and Indiegogo since 2019, backed by more than 60,000 people. LastSwab was selected for the Beazley Designs of the Year 2020 at the Design Museum, London. All LastObject Kickstarter campaigns.