What is Better Objects?

Better Objects is the trading name for LastObject ApS, a Copenhagen-based design company founded by Isabel Aagaard, Nicolas Aagaard, and Kåre Frandsen. The brand designs reusable alternatives to single-use everyday personal care products — including LastSwab (reusable cotton swab), LastRound (reusable makeup pads), LastTissue (reusable organic cotton tissues), and FacePlunge (ice water facial bowl). Better Objects is the name used for the international English-language store; the same products are sold under the LastObject brand globally.

Is Better Objects the same as LastObject?

Yes. Better Objects and LastObject are the same company — LastObject ApS, founded in Copenhagen, Denmark. LastObject is the original brand name under which the products were launched and crowdfunded (raising over $1.2M from 61,000+ backers across Kickstarter and Indiegogo). Better Objects is the brand name being used for the US store and as the company expands its product portfolio beyond the original reusable personal care range. All products, certifications, and quality standards are identical regardless of which brand name appears on the store.

How many people have backed LastObject / Better Objects products on Kickstarter?

LastObject has run 8 successful Kickstarter campaigns, all fully funded. Combined with an Indiegogo campaign for the original LastSwab, the brand has been backed by over 61,000 supporters across 8 campaigns worldwide. The original LastSwab Kickstarter raised over $700,000 from approximately 20,000 backers; an Indiegogo campaign added a further 30,000+ backers. Subsequent campaigns for LastTissue (13,500+ backers), LastRound (7,800+ backers), and LastTissue Box (4,100+ backers) followed. All campaigns delivered successfully.

Where are Better Objects products designed and made?

Better Objects products are designed in Copenhagen, Denmark, by LastObject ApS. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered at Yderlandsvej 1, Copenhagen. Products are manufactured to GOTS (Global Organic Textile Standard) certification for organic cotton components, and packaging is FSC-certified cardboard. An ISO-certified lifecycle analysis (LCA) found that LastSwab has 8.3 times less environmental impact than single-use cotton swabs across all 22 environmental impact categories.

Are reusable personal care products like LastSwab and LastRound actually hygienic?

Yes, when used as designed. LastObject's reusable products are engineered with hygiene in mind: LastTissue's silicone case keeps clean and used tissues in separate compartments; LastRound pads include a mesh laundry bag and are rated for 250 wash cycles each at up to 60°C; LastSwab's TPE tips are washable and dry quickly. Machine washing at 60°C is sufficient to eliminate common bacteria and viruses on fabric. The products are not traditional handkerchiefs — they are purpose-designed reusable items with built-in systems for cleanliness.

Better Objects

You Deserve Better Objects

LastSwab

Designed to replace thousands of single-use cotton swabs.

★ 4.6

SoundUp

A Bluetooth amplifier for the passive speakers that still deserve to be heard.

LastRound

Reusable makeup rounds that feel familiar, but replace the throwaways.

★ 4.8

★ 4.75

LastTissue

Soft organic cotton tissues, kept clean in a reusable silicone case.

The makers of LastObject

Why these objects belong together

Better Objects is the home of new products from the team behind LastObject — a Copenhagen design studio with eight successfully funded Kickstarter campaigns and tens of thousands of orders shipped worldwide. Every object we make starts with the same question: could this everyday thing be made better? Sometimes that means replacing waste. Sometimes it means helping you keep what already works. Always, it means creating objects worth keeping.

01

Replace waste

Where an everyday ritual creates unnecessary waste, there is room for something better. Something that lasts — and that you actually want to keep.

02

Keep what works

Not everything needs to be replaced. Sometimes the best object is the one you already own, made useful again. SoundUp exists because great passive speakers deserve a second life.

03

Make useful things worth keeping

Design is how an object earns a permanent place in your life. Useful. Beautiful. Built to last. Every Better Object is designed in Copenhagen by the LastObject team.

The LastObject / Better Objects founding team — Isabel Aagaard, Nicolas Aagaard, and Kåre Frandsen

The makers of LastObject

Created by people who obsess over everyday objects.

Better Objects is a studio for new products from the team behind LastObject — eight successfully funded Kickstarter campaigns, tens of thousands of orders shipped, and a track record of delivering what we promise. We're based in Copenhagen and we design things worth keeping.

Isabel Aagaard

Co-founder & Designer

Nicolas Aagaard

Co-founder

Kåre Frandsen

Co-founder