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Foliage as Chair Material, Harvest by Asif Khan

August 17, 2010 by serge the concierge

You talk green and recycled what could be that more than Foliage as cover material for a chair used in Harvest project by Asif Khan.

Harvest

The artist/designer's page details its genesis:

"Commissioned by the Design Museum for the Designers in Residence programme, Harvest is a reseach project using London's flowering foliage as a raw material for furniture production.
Installed in the Design Museum Tank, Jan-March 2010, and at Sawaya & Moroni, Milan April 2010"

Gallery of Ideas for Green Day # 140

Previously: Kpod by kitHAUS, That Quiet Space in Your Backyard, Even Greener with Solar Power

Posted on August 17, 2010 in Consumer Products, Green Day, Serge the Concierge, To Do Lists, Weblogs | | Comments (0)

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