--- description: Find out why Kind Designs Living Seawalls is on TIME's list of 2025's best inventions. title: Kind Designs Living Seawalls: The Best Inventions of 2025 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt563ab8014189f687/6998ca21a97fc00033a74b49/living-seawalls-TIME-best-inventions-2025.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Oct 09, 2025 # Kind Designs Living Seawalls Fighting flooding with sustainable habitats by [Marina Koren](/author/marina-koren/) ## Marina Koren Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close  default defaultCourtesy Kind Designs Anya Freeman loved living in Miami Beach—except for the frequent flooding. So she founded Kind Designs, which puts a thoughtful spin on seawalls, structures that have protected vulnerable shorelines for decades. The company’s Living Seawalls are 3D-printed from a non-toxic concrete mixture, and can be custom shaped to suit local flora and fauna: mangrove roots in Miami, barnacles and seagrass in New York. Their richly textured surfaces [dissipate waves](https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/environment/climate-change/article298269808.html "undefined") while providing habitats for sea life. Since October 2024, Kind Designs has installed nine Living Seawalls across the Miami/Fort Lauderdale area, and won grants from the U.S. Navy and Air Force to fortify their coastal bases. These are independent reviews of the products mentioned, but TIME receives a commission when purchases are made through affiliate links at no additional cost to the purchaser. Kind Designs Living Seawalls: The Best Inventions of 2025 ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2025/7318525/kind-designs-living-seawalls/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2025/7318525/kind-designs-living-seawalls/"},"headline":"Kind Designs Living Seawalls","datePublished":"2025-10-09T11:00:17.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T11:54:58.866Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2025/7318525/kind-designs-living-seawalls/","keywords":["Tech","E-Commerce","list","franchise","Magazine","best inventions","Special Project","sponsorshipblock","Accolades","Best Inventions 2025"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt563ab8014189f687/6998ca21a97fc00033a74b49/living-seawalls-TIME-best-inventions-2025.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Marina Koren","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/marina-koren/"}],"creator":"Marina Koren","articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt563ab8014189f687/6998ca21a97fc00033a74b49/living-seawalls-TIME-best-inventions-2025.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2025/7318525/kind-designs-living-seawalls/","name":"Kind Designs Living Seawalls"}}]}] ```