MutationMatter

Year: 2011
Location: Shanghai
Premise: The client, a local Green Wall manufacturer, asked us to come up with some design ideas for greening the walls and balconies outside of their office and thereby displaying their product capabilities to their own clients. They specifically asked for designs related to Alice in Wonderland.

Drawing studies for new product opportunities based on Alice in Wonderland theme.

Drawing studies for new product opportunities based on Alice in Wonderland theme.

 

Drawing studies for Top Hat Aquarium. Rendered output in Photoshop seen below.

Drawing studies for Top Hat Aquarium. Rendered output in Photoshop seen below.

South Elevation Gallery Wall rendered in Photoshop.

South Elevation Gallery Wall rendered in Photoshop. Fish tank on bottom filled with top hats.

A narrow corridor and high walls make for a vertical herb garden.

A narrow corridor and high walls make for a vertical herb garden and a library of book spines.

Drawing studies for Cafe Aquarium.

Drawing studies for Coffee Bean Aquarium.

Drawing study for Elevator Wall and Entrance Floor

Drawing study for Elevator Wall and Entrance Floor

The concept here was "down the rabbit hole", with the plant variations mimicking soil strata and the found objects lend a fairytale atmosphere going from smaller to larger. The fish tank on the bottom is filled with China resting on glass beads.

The concept here was "down the rabbit hole", with the plant variations mimicking soil strata and the found objects lend a fairytale atmosphere going from smaller to larger. The fish tank on the bottom is filled with China resting on glass beads.