Fans of small-space living and/or admirers of cleverly designed products will appreciate the space-maximizing design of this “balcony table.”
(via Cosmoligne.com)
Source: cosmoligne.com
Students from the Piet Zwart Institute in Rotterdam designed “brick biotopes,” made from plaster and sand, which serve dual functions:
1) as bricks, and 2) as a home for house sparrows, which often nest in cracks.
During the past 20 or so years, sparrow populations have declined in many European urban environments. The hand-crafted bricks’ design allows plants and wildlife to “co-exist with architecture.”
This video shows how they’re made.
Source: design-milk.com
Apparently, a rusty, old bicycle works well as a “trellis” — hung on the side of houseboat in Bolinas (Marin County), California.
(photo by James Gaither, J.G. in S.F., on Flickr)
Source: Flickr / jim-sf
Old and/or bent bicycle wheels can make great trellises for plants.
(via The Kirksville Permaculture Education Center; spotted on Pinterest here)
If you like this upcycling example, check out other bike-related posts here and garden-related items here.
Source: kvpermaculture.org
“Half pots,” designed by Gerard Moline (who was involved with the design of this previously mentioned item), can perch on edges of stairs, tables, and other surfaces.
Source: gerardmoline.com
“Edel was interested in ways of bringing back manufacturing jobs to the city,” explains Melanie Hoekstra, director of operations at The Plant. The building is uniquely suited to food production; it contains food-grade materials (these allow for legal and safe food preparation) because of its meatpacking history. Instead of combining farming with other types of manufacturing, The Plant is sticking entirely to food—and lots of it.
(via npr)
Source: fastcoexist.com
Wearable planter clothing, designed by Egle Cekanaviciute. (via Design For Mankind)
Perhaps not as practical to wear as this planter-jacket, but still an intriguing idea.
More wearable gardens in earlier Gardens in Unexpected Places posts here.
Source: designformankind.com
