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Someone has thought of the chickens! Drew Waters designed these portable modern chicken coops specifically for the backyard and urban farmer. They are safe, space-efficient homes built out of Douglas Fir timber, which has the added benefit of repelling insects. It’s quite the protective dream home for backyard chickens all around.
Ontwerpduo designed an entire coated steel furniture set especially for the garden. It includes a hanging chair, a table, and chairs that come with beautifully embroidered pillows. The pillows can be placed on the chairs when you want to use them.
Centaur and Boing are two new pieces created under the new Centaur line by PIE Studio. Centaur explores the combination of the two worlds…man-made vs. nature…machines vs. handmade…natural vs. synthetic.
The Centaur chair is made with stainless steel base (act as a vase) with ever-changing backrest material (show in rattan). The backrest can be made of various materials from our collection.
This family of birdhouses by Roger Arquer Studio come together to create some kind of bird neighborhood. Do you think the birds will get jealous of each other’s “homes” or just trade every now and then?
These handmade birdhouses from Atomic Birdhouses are constructed out of recycled wood from cigar boxes and birch plywood. The wood is finished with an oil that prevents damage from water, mildew, and UV rays.
The aerodynamic design of the Senz Umbrella cuts through heavy gusts of wind and will not invert!
Fabian von Spreckelsen’s fascination with the way birds meet and sit on high voltage lines inspired these whimsical clothespins for hanging laundry. They might or might not get you the tiniest bit delighted when you’re hanging clothes.
[via Designspotter]
Two years ago, I attended the annual conference of The Society of Garden Designers in England. The chairman’s opening remarks were a bold statement which resonated as a call to all present to design gardens more in line with the upcoming generations passions and lifestyle. He basically said that getting them interested in gardens as we have known them was probably already a lost challenge.
Today, I feel he may have been heard. I see more and more creative alternatives offering up the “idea” of a garden rather than gardens described in dictionaries.
The “Blackberry generation” was raised on advertising concepts, slogans, instant solutions, and new designs cater to both by being conceptual and very very low maintenance.
If you have inherited skills in actual garden growing, you could try out your talents with modern variations such as the two below.
Here’s an inspirational design seen at Bromptons Borders in London:
This birdhouse is the perfect modern home for any bird family and it comes in a variety of colors to choose from.
This modern mailbox looks like an envelope! This piece is handmade, handcrafted, and handfinished in Canada. “No off-shore mass production, only real and honest hours of hard work and elbow grease in a local workshop, each mailbox finished one by one.”
