Yet another great design idea from Japan. The kenma design studio just won the first-ever Midorie Design Contest with osusowake (the Japanese word for sharing), a new type of planting system. The idea behind the competition was Midorie's rooftop and wall surface greening business, which utilizes Puffcal, “an originally developed sponge-like soil substitute” that is lighter and more versatile than soil. Designers were asked to use Puffcal to create an innovative, green-designed idea. The concept behind osusowake is that you can grow plants in Puffcal and then divide them between your friends and family. In turn, each person can then share a piece of a different plant that they've grown in their own osusowake container with you. Any existing Puffcal plants can be combined, creating a unique plant that is supposed to be symbolic of the ties and connections you have with others. Unfortunately, I don't speak or read Japanese, so I was only about to get this description second-hand (through the fantastic Spoon & Tamago blog), but I love this idea and the concept of sharing and combining plants that kenma has created.
Thursday, December 3, 2009
osusowake
Yet another great design idea from Japan. The kenma design studio just won the first-ever Midorie Design Contest with osusowake (the Japanese word for sharing), a new type of planting system. The idea behind the competition was Midorie's rooftop and wall surface greening business, which utilizes Puffcal, “an originally developed sponge-like soil substitute” that is lighter and more versatile than soil. Designers were asked to use Puffcal to create an innovative, green-designed idea. The concept behind osusowake is that you can grow plants in Puffcal and then divide them between your friends and family. In turn, each person can then share a piece of a different plant that they've grown in their own osusowake container with you. Any existing Puffcal plants can be combined, creating a unique plant that is supposed to be symbolic of the ties and connections you have with others. Unfortunately, I don't speak or read Japanese, so I was only about to get this description second-hand (through the fantastic Spoon & Tamago blog), but I love this idea and the concept of sharing and combining plants that kenma has created.
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I love that concept.. It makes is super easy to plant and share... and people share plants all the time.
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