During the Milan Design Week 2012, Werner Aisslinger presented his Chair Farm kit at Ventura Lambrate. The Berlin and Singapore-based designer and architect created this prototype to give us a preview on the future of furniture. Aisslinger sees possibilities for new agricultural experiments in urban farming and therefore created a new way of resource-conserving local furniture development instead of globalized serial manufacturing.
The Chair Farm kit prototype consists of a white perforated steel corset wherein the vegetation grows to be a full naturally grown chair when is reaches maturity. The corset is placed in a little greenhouse that is filled with all the materials that makes the chair grow faster.
Growing your own chair probably would take a while but in the mean time this construction doesn't look bad in your garden either.
Additional Photo Credits: designboom|venturaprojects
What Makes This Trend Stand Out
- Grow-your-own
- This trend involves consumers creating their own products, cutting out the need for globalized manufacturing, paving the way for new ventures in urban farming and resource-conserving local product design and development.
- Agricultural Experiments in Urban Farming
- As cities become more populated, space is at a premium and growing food, furniture and other products where people live becomes of increasing importance, and could create disruptive opportunities in urban agriculture and sustainable design.
- Naturally Grown Furniture
- The concept of furniture or products grown from vegetation and natural materials, without traditional manufacturing, allows for sustainable and organic designs that reduce reliance on globalized manufacturing.
Sectors Adopting This
- Furniture Design and Manufacturing
- The concept of local, sustainable manufacturing and resource-conservation could disrupt the traditional furniture industry and present new opportunities for resilient, circular material streams for furniture and other consumer product manufacturing.
- Urban Farming
- This trend could disrupt traditional farming methods, shifting production to urban centers on a small-scale, local level, and making use of available space on rooftops, balconies or in small gardens to grow food and, increasingly, other plant-based resources.
- Sustainability Consulting and Design
- As more companies and individuals look for ways to develop local, resource-efficient, sustainable strategies for producing furniture, food and other products, there will be an increasing demand for innovative, resilient solutions to refine the process of natural product growth and manufacturing.
