# Grow-Your-Own Furniture Werner Aisslinger Presented His Chair Farm Kit at Ventura Lambrate By Anne Giesen | Published 2012-04-16 | Eco Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/chair-farm-kit References: [designboom](http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/8/view/20388/studio-aisslinger-chair-farm-plantation-furniture.html) & [aisslinger.de](http://www.aisslinger.de/) 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](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/rooted-potential) and therefore created a new way of [resource-conserving local furniture development](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/zeitraum) 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](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/siembra-capsule) 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](http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/8/view/20388/studio-aisslinger-chair-farm-plantation-furniture.html)|[venturaprojects](http://www.venturaprojects.com/?page_id=91) ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 4.1/10 - Popularity: 52% | Activity: 63% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: North America, Europe ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Eco](https://www.trendhunter.com/eco) ## Key Themes ### 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. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Sprouting Chair Designs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/wood-chair-on-grass.md) - [Plant-Based Dynamic Furniture](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/chiachair.md) - [Plant-Based Functional Chairs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/good-morning-glory.md) - [Grow-at-Home Sponge Furniture](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/sponge-furniture.md) - [Furniture-Inspired Indoor Gardens](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/indoor-garden-system.md) - [Furry Mycelium Sustainable Chairs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/aifunghi.md) - [Self-Shaping Wooden Furniture](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/hygroshape.md) - [Stacking Hemp-Made Chairs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/peel-chair.md) - [Organic Furniture Series](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/roots-collection-1.md)