Wednesday, October 27, 2010

UKIYO-E FLOATING GARDEN BY COIRIER, MARION & LOPEZ
by sabine7 / October 27, 2010


Made of resin and fibreglass, Ukiyo-e is a hanging garden that allows a greater emphasis to be placed on the plants that grow at eye level.



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Designed by Florent Coirier, Grégory Marion and Laurianne Lopez for Vertilignes, Ukiyo-e makes use of vertisol. This special soil developed by Vertilab is a mixture of an organic and a non-organic component to enhance the plant's time span. This soil allows the time between watering to be longer than usual.


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In Japanese, ukiyo-e has three meanings:
Images of the floating world
Images of the world which passes
Images of the unstable world

These allusions to enigma are embodied by the planter, whose suspension offers a new perspective on indoor gardening.


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Raising the garden to a new height adds both mystery and respect to the aesthetics and satisfaction provided by this patch of green.


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+ florentcoirier.com
+ gregorymarion.com
+ vertilignes.com

Good idea for a herb garden.....

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