Patch aims to reconnect consumers with the source of their food by providing a disposable grow packet that when watered grows edible microgreens directly from the packet itself. Microgreens are very young salad vegetables, which can have up to 40 times the nutrients than their adult selves. With some microgreens taking as little as 10 days to fully grow indoors, it was essential the product had the least environmental impact possible.
The project focused on material science, selecting environmentally friendly materials that allowed simple growing and disposal. A complete product aimed towards the office market was created that featured exciting new materials that are all completely biodegradable and compostable. To house the grow packet a simple yet playful pod was created, designed to feature on a desk or be placed on the specially designed wall mount, to engage consumers with fresh healthy food.
Featured in Made in Brunel's Exhibition Highlights Magazine HERE
Winner of the Made in Brunel Lifestyle Design Award
In collaboration with Jones & Partners
Some of the project is confidential and cannot be published, please contact me for more details.
A wall mount system was created for verticle growing
PROCESS
A brief journey into the process taken to reach the final design iteration.
Explorative growing experiments were conducted to experience growing micro greens and how we could design for them.
sketches allowed for intial concept development
Various sketch models were created to explore shape and size
3D printed prototypes allowed for quick testing and user feed back
A view of the design process from sketch models to 3D prints to fully realised working prototypes
FEATURED
Some of the places this project has been featured
Made in Brunel Exhibition Highlights Magazine
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