Source: designboom, urbanbuds
Gionata Gatto, an Italian designer based in the Netherlands, has soiled and seeded suitcases and such for gardening on the go. Designed as a graduation project, UrbanBuds enlivens luggage to grow up to 36 different food plants, either as still life or meals on wheels. Get a handle on your personal baggage and turn any place into a sustainable space simply by showing up and showing off some cultivation.
Used suitecases seem to be doomed to go to our landfilles. However, Gatto's design gives used suitecases a new life. With this design, the growth of landfills will definitely be minimalized dramatically, and it is promoting a new idea of garden on the go. A used suitecase is undoubtedly the best object for a garden-on-the-go, for 5 out of its 6 faces will be able to be planted plants on. This three demensional approach also challenges our traditional way of making a potted plan: why can't we build plants on all faces of a bulk of soil instead of just one? In that way, our green space will be increased while the actual space the plant takes is not increased at all. Also, it may not only be suitcases that can be recycled, but all kinds of other containers.
Meanwhile, i think it is very important to grow organic food in alternative ways nowadays. If these urbanbuds can be further developed by put in a variety of built in vegetable seeds and ferterlizer, and then put them into mass production and actually sell in the market, I'm sure there will be a new trend of "grow it yourself" hit our world.
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