Hi everyone,i'm a student of Visual Culture at Bocconi University in Milan.In this blog i will show you ,week by week, several ideas, different solutions,approaches and materials about design objects that let nature enter your home.I hope you will enjoy my project and find ideas to have a better life!
All the pieces of the line “Growing Jewelry” are handcrafted from silver and mossy turf and will stay green for 8 to 12 months with proper care.This line was born with the intention of drawing nature toward man .
(Hafsteinn Juliusson design)
UMBRELLA POT is an elegant and ecological solution that allows you to recycle the excess rain water into nourishment for a plant.This is possible due to some internal holes made in the ceramic umbrella jar.
(Kouichi Okamoto for Kyouei Design)
If you are interested in changing your traditional umbrella stand ,the following one could be good to satisfy your desires.It’s able to grow the type of grass you have sprouting up in your backyard .All you need to do is lean a wet umbrella on the flat stand and let the water trickle below!
(Junjie Zhang for Yankodesign)
These particular pillows can be comfortably placed around your living room and they will add a burst of greenery to sparce spaces.Inside the pillows it’s placed a deep pot containing flowering plants.The pillow top is made from quality textiles that come in a variety of colour and patterns to match any interior.
(Studio Libel design)
When spring arrives ,many people want to add a touch of green in their sweet home.This desire can be satisfied with a new solution conceived by Gumdesign.I’m talking about FLORA ,a metal swing lamp with a series of pots containing little plants.Their flowers can raise thanks to an apposite lamp: Floraset by Osram.So in this lamp you can find not only glass and metal elements that are fundamental for all the structure but also a colourful variety of plants that contributes to introduce in your living room the so desired nature.
(design by Gumdesign)
Ideal accessory for any dark corner of your home,the Lightpot is a little lamp that permits you to cultivate green herbs.Since the Led lighting provides the herbs with adequate energy,this lamp can be placed everywhere and in any light condition.It is also available in different colours to suit your needs.
(Kfir Schhwalb Orit Magia design)
Green Lantern and it’s designer Romolo Stanco.
Do you strongly desire an innovative object in your Milanese home? Here you are “Green Lantern” an amazing lamp-vase for you living room table. It’s the first project made of liquid wood,a thermoplastic polymer entirely recyclable.This particular material is technically called Arboform.
(Romolo Stanco design)
The lamp is a sort of “glass house ” that permits everybody to grow herbs and little green plants in their own kitchen and houses.Entirely made of glass, thanks to the four ventilation holes and a large opening on the bottom, the lamp has inside a micro-climate.
(Kristyna Pojerova design)
Grass Lamp has been designed in order to bring nature inside home.A light source is located above a patch of grass to help it grow.Made of PVC plastic the lamp is available in floor version and in pendant variations.
(Marko Vuckovic design)
