March 23, 2013

Part of the growing trend toward extending interior living spaces to the outside, we are seeing more outdoor showers and baths even in urban settings. At yesterday’s Architectural Digest Home Show I spotted a few modern outdoor showers and enclosures … Read More...
Category: Finding, Water
Tags: Architectural Digest Home Show 2013, JEE-O, Mr. Steam, Oborain, outdoor shower enclosures, outdoor showers, outdoor spas. outdoor spa sanctuaries, prefab outdoor showers, showering outdoors, urban outdoor showers
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March 19, 2013

Alex Tricoire’s Lustre Babylone.
We’ve found some planted light fixtures that not only demonstrate imagination and ingenuity, they save space functioning at once as lighting and planters while also filtering indoor air. The light these fixtures emit provides the needed … Read More...
Category: Containers and Pots, Green & Sustainable, Lighting
Tags: double-duty designs, indoor gardens, multi-functional design, planted lamps, planted lights, sustainable design
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March 16, 2013

Dutch designer David Derksen’s investigation into the beauty, form, and manufacturing techniques found in scientific glassware has resulted in a collection of vases and lights that reflect light and serve as beautiful yet utilitarian containers for flowers and plants.

The … Read More...
Category: Containers and Pots, Finding, Gifts, Great Finds
Tags: Dutch design, indoor gardens. flowers, lighting, vases
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March 15, 2013
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.

Flood is the first in a series of architecturally influenced stone-effect resin … Read More...
Category: Container Gardening, Containers and Pots, Finding, Great Finds, Indoor Gardening, shopping
Tags: DesignJunction, designjunction milan, Edit by designjunction, indoor gardening, Milan Design Week, resin vases
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March 9, 2013

There may be snow on the ground where you are, but spring is just around the corner. We will soon see and feel the sunshine and warmth, so get ready.
Pickie, just announced their Spring Style Makeover Catalog. They’ve … Read More...
Category: Container Gardening, Containers and Pots, Finding
Tags: garden chic planters, Pickie
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March 8, 2013


Pothos.
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...
Category: Container Gardening, Creating
Tags: apartment gardens, indoor gardening, indoor gardens, indoor plants, low light plants. shade plants
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March 6, 2013

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...
Category: Finding
Tags: Garden Art, Garden Design, garden trellis, indoor gardening, indoor gardens, indoor plants, Parisian designers
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March 5, 2013


Photo: travelnerd
Living in the middle of a bustling city doesn’t mean you can’t create a gorgeous garden space, no matter how tiny your outdoor area may be.
As long as you have a spot with a little sunshine and … Read More...
Category: Container Gardening, Containers and Pots, Creating, Edible Landscaping, Garden Design, Green & Sustainable, Green Walls, Irrigation, Outdoor Furniture, Rooftop Gardens, Vertical Gardens
Tags: balcony furniture, balcony gardening, patio furniture, small garden, small spaces design, urban garden
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March 4, 2013

I love French brand Hisle’s collection of simple but cool outdoor lights in the form of oversized light bulbs.

Plant a row of bulbs…

The polished aluminum sockets are topped with an impact and UV-resistant polyethylene globe.

A single play … Read More...
Category: Finding, Lighting
Tags: outdoor lighting. lumieres exterieure
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March 2, 2013

We love this cool hotel concept: The Allotment, a hotel whose culinary focus makes growing and cooking food the fundamental ingredient of the guest experience.
This was the grand prize winner of the Tablet Hotels competition, Rethink Hotels, which … Read More...
Category: Container Gardening, Edible Landscaping, Experiencing, Green Roofs, Raised Beds, Reclaimed & Recycled, Rooftop Gardens, Urban Agriculture
Tags: culinary experience, futuristic hotel concepts, hotel gardens, hotel rooftop farm, New York City urban farming, Tablet Hotels
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