Micro Architecture in a Vase

March 15, 2013

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Winter’s chill may still be here, but with designer Tina Leung’s Flood Vase, one can literally bring the outdoors inside–in fact, a whole indoor planted mini metropolis.

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Flood is the first in a series of architecturally influenced stone-effect resin … Read More...

Four Indoor Shade Plants for Sun-Deprived Apartments

March 8, 2013

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Do you love indoor plants, but your apartment is too dark to allow proper growth? Many urban dwellers face this conundrum with some opting for artificial potted plants and flowers. However, well-informed tenants can shop around for low light Read More...

Plant Trellis System as Modular Living Sculpture

March 6, 2013

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Gardening meets architecture and art in Tumbleweed, a modular plant trellis system composed of folded epoxy painted steel and aluminum strips which interact in space as a living work of art, a sculpture that supports the cultivation of indoor plants.Read More...

User-Designed Table Using Recycled Wine Bottles

January 30, 2013

 

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In part a celebration of the social aspects of wine, Brazilian designer Tati Guimarães created Dvinus as an interactive user experience that forces one to contemplate reusing otherwise disposable objects for a sustainable design.

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Dvinus is a collection of … Read More...

Cross-Stitched Modular Shelving and Vertical Planter

December 3, 2012

Cable tie stitching joins together the modular shelving units for Melbourne designer Alex O’Connell’s Cross-It system.

The 600h x 600w x 200d boards have circular cut-outs to accept flower pots, making it nice for indoor plants (though I would make … Read More...

Grow and Share Produce With Pod Indoor Garden

November 23, 2012

Perfect for small urban kitchen gardens or those with limited outdoor space, Pod is a fogponic indoor gardening system for cultivating herbs and vegetables.

Similar to hydroponic gardening, the fogponic “plug-and-play” growing system automatically distributes nutrients and water as … Read More...

“Fogponic” Vertical Garden System

November 20, 2012

The Fogger is Hamburg-based studio, Vakant Design’s concept for a highly efficient, indoor-outdoor vertical garden “fogponic” planting system. A nearly self-sustainable alternative to the traditional edible garden and great for those with small urban spaces, the design compliments almost any … Read More...

From Outer Space to Small Space: Rotary Indoor Hydroponic Garden on Shelf

June 7, 2012

If you can grow food in a spacecraft, you can do so in the confines of a small urban space. Developed by NASA and readapted by Italian studio, Design Libero, the Green Wheel is a rotary hydroponic system concept … Read More...

Creative Container Gardening With Modular Planters

April 25, 2012

Handmade of Ohio of white stoneware clay in their small Illinois studio, these modular planters from Good Erdle can be creatively configured to suit your space. The pots were inspired by designer/partner Andrew Erdle’s desire for a good-looking tabletop modular … Read More...

Five Easy Steps to Orchid Success

March 24, 2012


Think orchids are delicate and hard to care for? Not true! Like many people, I used to believe this so I steered clear of them. But on a recent visit to Costa Farms, I learned that orchids are the … Read More...

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