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sunday newsletter a designboom.com publication October 2011, 23 you may want to submit a design mail@designboom.com every sunday we choose a topic from the vast archive of designboom, today: urban gardening --- krstyna pojerova: glass greenhouse lamp published 10.10.11 the light has been created to satisfy the desire to grow fresh herbs within an urban kitchen. read more --- LEGO greenhouse at london design week 2011 published 09.20.11 made entirely of LEGO bricks, the form features a pitched roof that looks like an ordinary suburban glasshouse. read more --- jailmake: plantable garden table at london designersblock 2011 published 09.16.11 a table which aims to reintroduce nature back into the experience of gathering, preparing, cooking and eating a meal. read more --- haldane martin: wallflower vertical garden system published 03.03.11 the modular system is made up of wall mounted planters that come in three different sizes - designed for the differing soil depth requirements for a range of vegetables - that create a hexagonal pattern, greening the concrete jungle of the city. read more --- offecct: green projects at stockholm furniture fair 2011 published 02.09.11 the 'oasis' concept brings together a group of designs, which in combination with flowers and plants, are meant to enhance and add value to one's interior environment as well as improve indoor air quality. read more --- az & mut: hanging gardens + tutrix published 01.31.11 paris-based studio az & mut explores at-home balcony gardening. read more --- az & mut: eco urban gardening with cavalier, teddy and pli pots published 01.31.11 az & mut's collection features a number of solutions for urban and balcony gardening. read more --- atelier gras: eethuis - green scaffolding published 01.07.11 charmingly translated to literally mean 'eat house', the project consists of plastic produce crates, mesh and packed soil to grow vegetables along its structure. read more --- growingcity: urban agriculture published 10.10.10 the design proposals imagine an alternate possibility, one in which urban dwellers can grow their own food - expanding the economic base of the city, connecting people to a natural food cycle, and reducing food cost while increasing food quality. read more --- 'spiral garden' by benet dalmau + saida dalmau + anna julibert + carmen vilar - iida awards 2010 published 10.06.10 the light mesh structure is a spiraling green space which provides a place for urban gardening, encourages social interaction between neighbors and serves as a place to lock up your bike. read more --- caroline prisse: seated garden published 09.13.10 the chair is made from a sturdy, wooden construction which has 'pockets' in which plastic pots are placed and used to house and grow plants or produce. read more --- soil table by ori mishkal published 07.31.10 the 'soil table' is a bit of a disturbing object, where one is accompanied by the strange feeling of plants on the hips when sitting at the table. read more --- set + drift: shopping cart farming published 05.21.10 this experimental project uses abandoned and repurposed shopping carts as the main tool in growing portable gardens. in doing this, the goal was to create a replicable model for urban cultivation and pocket farms. read more --- gionata gatto: 'urbanbuds' portable garden published 05.14.10 a new way to use public spaces and meet new neighbors through the activity of urban agriculture. read more --- bag for plants published 02.02.10 BACSAC is an alternative solution to avoid the constraints of creating a roof garden in town. read more CURRENT COMPETITIONS GRAPHIC DESIGN COMPETITION registrations deadline: november 05th, 2011 LOGO DESIGN COMPETITION registrations deadline: november 10th, 2011 FURNITURE DESIGN COMPETITION registrations deadline: december 11th, 2011

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