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Floating Green: A Grassy Bench

by Olivia Chen, 09/26/09

grassy-bench, Floating Green, Ling Fan, environmental art installation, green wall, lawn care, street furniture, grass mat, grass furniture

A lush lawn can be a wonderful thing to stretch out on. Unfortunately, the high-maintenance needs, which include frequent seeding and fertilizing, of grass can make it more of a pain than a joy, leaving would-be loungers disappointed. Fortunately, grassy seating can put back some of the fun. The idea of creating seating out of grass is no new concept, as you may find with the lawnge chairs or living lawn chaise. In this formulation, the Floating Green, by Ling Fan, is a stretch of lawn that appears to have rebelled against horizontality by springing from the ground, doing an elegant twist and then settling into a vertically folded position to offer passers-by a place to sit.

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Envi: Composting Trash Can Provides Urban Greenery

by Olivia Chen, 09/22/09

composting, urban gardening, street furniture, urban greening, food waste reduction, urban agriculture, urban farming, street furniture, outdoor furniture

By now you have probably heard that composting helps make a garden green because it is an effective way to deliver nutrients to plants and reduce food waste. Previously we featured the Jarst planter, which makes composting food waste in your home easy with a side compartment that can distribute the compost directly to the plant soil. Here, we see this idea transform into something to fit the city scale. With Envi, industrial designer Julien Bergignant, proposes a concept for a city trash can outfitted to collect and then process public food waste, all while adding some green texture to the city landscape.

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LOTS MORE GREAT GREEN DESIGN STORIES HERE... KEEP READING!