Competition: we have teamed up with The Architecture Foundation in London to give away five copies of their book Union Street Urban Orchard, which charts the transformation of a disused London plot into a public garden. More »
Tag: plants
Competition: five copies of Urban Orchard
Herb by Nick Fraser
London designer Nick Fraser presents these faceted terracotta plant pots at Clerkenwell Design Week in London this week. More »
Dezeen archive: plants
Dezeen archive: following our story on Offecct's collection for incorporating plants in design this week here's a selection of stories from the Dezeen archives featuring plants, flowers and seeds. See all the stories »
Oasis by Claesson Koivisto Rune, Luca Nichetto
Jean-Marie Massaud and Front for Offecct
Stockholm 2011: designers including Claesson Koivisto Rune, Front, Jean-Marie Massaud and Luca Nichetto presented furniture for incorporating plants into office spaces for Swedish brand Offecct at Stockholm Furniture Fair this month. More »
Love Blossoms by Daniel Brown for Mulberry
British digital designer Daniel Brown has created a website for fashion brand Mulberry where users can email a unique image of a flower to their valentine. More »
The Virgin Collection by OAT
Dutch company OAT have designed a range of biodegradable shoes with seeds embedded in the tongues. Update: this project is included in Dezeen Book of Ideas, which is on sale now for £12. More »
The Fragility of Time by Ignacio Canales Aracil
Designer Ignacio Canales Aracil created these sculptures by pressing and drying wild flowers. More »
The Tower of Droplets by Sir Peter Cook
and Gavin Robotham
This algae-producing tower designed by Sir Peter Cook and Gavin Robotham of London studio CRAB came second in the recent Taiwan Tower Conceptual International Competition. More »
Welham Studio by Mark Merer
British artist Mark Merer has completed this pointy studio for himself and his wife in Somerset, UK. More »
Sunflower Seeds 2010 by Ai Weiwei
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has covered the floor of the Turbine Hall at Tate Modern in London with more than 100 million individually handmade replica sunflower seeds. More »
Funnel Vase by Roger Arquer
London designer Roger Arquer has designed this vase with a funnel protruding from the side so that the water to be changed without removing the flowers. More »
Playhouse by Aboday
A spiralling concrete slide connects the kitchen and child's bedroom of this family house near Jakarta designed by Indonesian architects Aboday and photographed by Happy Lim. Update: this project is included in Dezeen Book of Ideas, which is on sale now for £12. More »
8 House by BIG
Union Street Urban Orchard by Heather Ring
American landscape architect Heather Ring of the Wayward Plant Registry has transformed a disused site in Bankside, London, into a public garden with the introduction of apple trees, allotments, a timber pavilion, and a table-tennis table in a skip. More »
