Comments on: Floating Garden by Benjamin Graindorge

By: jc

jc — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:42:35 +0000

very cool

By: onvn

onvn — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 05:08:59 +0000

Although I agree this isn’t such an original idea, with terrarium-type aquaria well established into the fish-keeping hobby and its filtration media and system used in every well-informed aquarium system. I think the genius in a design such as this is not as much in it’s concept’s originality as much as its approach to bring together all these elements of plant growing, fish keeping and all the issues associated (mechanical, biological filtration, etc.) into one object..

Think of the average ‘fish tank’ (ie. glass box with boxy looking filter stuck with suction cups, air stone hidden precariously behind a piece of driftwood) as opposed to the BiOrb, an all-in-one solution by ReefOne, where everything is concealed and built into one literally and systematically cohesive object..

..but then when I look at the object, it is like a white island that sits on top of the regular fish tank.. I think a more refined aesthetic (less obvious compartmentalisation of its filter, pump, cabling, etc) would make it more marketable and a more seamless system.. maybe this is just a prototype?

That said, I’d buy one!!

By: Prof. Z viZion, analyZe, reviZion

Prof. Z viZion, analyZe, reviZion — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 05:22:04 +0000

I dunnot know any thing about fishs in aquarium…. because i dunnot like animal in cage. I know a dutch designer will design a cage for fish and post it to dezeen. I’m a great source of inspiration.(lol)
I saw floating garden in Chaumont best garden festival in France, so may be it’s possible to have floating garden in my swimming pool . May be Lehanneur or Graindorge will do that for me .
I’m a great source of inspiration for french designer(lol)

By: Orz_a4l

Orz_a4l — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:00:31 +0000

can it use in a ecology landscape or a building?

By: Booh

Booh — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:08:12 +0000

I really don’t think that it’s that innovative… The “floating garden” is kinda cool but the overall design of the product and especially the… very minimal and geometric glass cube seems to read too much like: goldfish tank, for me. I would be more impressed if they would have created a bauble in a bauble or something like that so it would have been innovative not just in how it works but the aesthetics as well. The general aquarist wants aesthetics, not novel “green” technologies (knowing me… I would kill the plants on top of the water regardless).

I think they ignored some of the most fundamental aspects of a fish tank. Like how are they lit? I mean the entire reason people keep fish is to keep them under bright florescent lights to make their fish look bright and colorful. I think it’s a brilliant idea… but it needs a better sales pitch with a bit more cohesive aesthetic and marketing strategy. Because ultimately if I wanted my cactus to float… i would put it on a little tea light tray… and then let it float… there’s nothing ingenious in that x/

By: Joe in MS

Joe in MS — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:37:32 +0000

Lehanneur’s “local river” embodies the concept of a nutritionally productive closed ecosystem of both plants and animals and does so on a scale which might be considered as decorative gardening.
Graindorge, on the other hand, offers the demonstration of a closed-system ecology on a scale which would be more practical for an average hobby aquarist. I can imagine how a small but useful herb garden or a few water-loving indoor plants could attractively profit while extending the time between cleaning cycles of a home aquarium or water feature.
His design is very clean and well conceived and should be easily mass-marketable. Well done!

By: matthew harrison smith

matthew harrison smith — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:51:27 +0000

i wonder what it shall cost. im impressed. would be perfect in the lobby of our office.

By: Freddy_C

Freddy_C — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 12:10:54 +0000

just wow!

By: Prof. Z viZion, analyZe, reviZion

Prof. Z viZion, analyZe, reviZion — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 12:00:03 +0000

NO , it’s not Lehanneur…. it’s a new designer from the same school in Paris .

By: MLDG

MLDG — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:49:28 +0000

It’s a little bit poorer than Lehanneur’s project. Where is poetry ?
But it’s only pictures, i have to see it to be sure i don”t make a mistake.