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Maison et Objet: Outdoor/Indoor Living Design Preview

Robin Plaskoff Horton — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 17:05:29 +0000

6 Cylinders Lounge Chair, from David Rouyer’s collection of concrete furniture.

“From sofas in the garden to chaise longues in the living room, from terrace showers to weatherproof rugs…the outdoor spirit is blowing through our homes in a joyous melting … Read More...

Food-Growing Hydroponic Christmas Trees

tdomf_fd1a9 — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 18:19:52 +0000

Just in time for the holidays, the team behind the Windowfarms Project, has discovered that vertical hydroponic gardens make “mighty fine Christmas trees.” Their mission is to populate the windows of the world’s existing buildings with vertical hydroponic food … Read More...

Suspended Vertical Gardens

Robin Plaskoff Horton — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 20:04:24 +0000

Hanging from adjustable cables, the Etcetera vertical garden system from French company, La Corbeille, forms a planted curtain where you can grow your own edibles or ornamentals while also creating privacy screening indoors or out. The modular use of … Read More...

Bricks With Flowerpots

Robin Plaskoff Horton — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 15:00:31 +0000

Korean designers at Nothing Design Group have produced something more than just white bricks containing flower pots.

It’s a modular system that can be used to assemble planted borders, barriers, privacy walls and screens…

stacked they can become … Read More...

Living Walls Flourish in Urban Gardens

Robin Plaskoff Horton — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:58:58 +0000

Inca Wall Garden surrounds terrace

Vertical gardens and living walls are of increasing interest to urban gardeners looking to maximize their garden space for harvesting their own food or for simply beautifying their surroundings. A “growing” trend, there are several … Read More...

Hedgerow Inspired Fencing

Robin Plaskoff Horton — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:06:44 +0000

The sculptural garden Honeycomb Fence, by British design company Superblue, is inspired by the organic forms of hedgerows. The fence provides a visually soft boundary while allowing small glimpses of the landscape beyond and through the undulating honeycomb … Read More...

It’s Raining, It’s Storing

Robin Plaskoff Horton — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:40:11 +0000

This fat boy isn’t snoring, he’s storing rainwater from your roof while also functioning as a wall.

Rainwater is a valuable resource and it is falling on your roof for free. With Waterfall Fatboy, you can capture and store … Read More...

I Scream for Green Screens

Robin Plaskoff Horton — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 19:13:30 +0000

Separetor by Fabio Bortali for Teracrea

With these beautiful and functional screen/planter boxes, you can screen for privacy, create intimate spaces within your garden, or establish a green focal point to define your outdoor space. They’re portable, so you … Read More...

Suspendible Tent Shelter for Small Spaces

Robin Plaskoff Horton — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 15:57:29 +0000

Designer Olivia Decaris characterizes her Drop Series as a “family of sheltering structures based on domestic activities… they aim to bring intimacy, privacy and concentration.”

A collection of collapsible/retractable/telescoping tent-like structures designed to lend enclosure to small spaces, the series … Read More...

This Garden is Laced With Something Great!

Robin Plaskoff Horton — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 15:20:12 +0000

What would happen, asked the designers of this lace fence, if a patch of embroidered wire met with and continued as an industrial fence? Hostility versus kindness, as they put it, industrial versus craft…

Lace Fence, the creation of the … Read More...