Zechen Lee

Design Products (MA)

10039429@network.rca.ac.uk

The Desk Oasis Pod is a miniature desktop cultivation environment designed for high-density living spaces, aiming to enhance nature interaction. Considering the limited indoor space and fast-paced lifestyle, users can mount miniature orchids on a small cork board and place it inside the pod. This allows them to easily cultivate and appreciate the growth process of plants in a compact room, as if they are engaging in a fun and interactive desktop game.

The Badge Wearable Case is designed for carrying and displaying plant badge. When the miniature orchids mature and bloom, users can place them in the carrying case and wear it during leisurely outings within their 15-minute living circle. With transparent material and various convenient wearing options, this case can elegantly display the plants and attract attention. Users can showcase their plants to the community, expressing themselves, building friendships by wearing it.

The Community Grove Stage serves as a localized, frequently interactive community public space. As a platform for the collective display and sharing of plant badges, it promotes deeper exchanges and the establishment of friendships among community members.

Each community member can showcase their plant badges on the stage structure, creating a diverse and interactive little forest. Ultimately forming a "community grove" composed of members and plants together.

About

In high-density vertical cities, atomized and isolated living reduces residents’ connections with others and nature.

The design creates an innovative mode of social interaction—expressing oneself and connecting with others through nature.

The design consists of three stages: the desktop cultivation pod, the badge wearable case, and the community forest stage. It begins with individuals cultivating plant badges at home, progressing to wearing plant badges in public to spark neighborhood interactions and forge new friendships. Ultimately, residents come together to form a community, collaborating in public spaces to design and build various forest stages, where each person’s plant badge is placed, creating a real community forest.

From nature to community, from individuals to groups, by connecting neighbors through nature, people and plants together form a community forest.

Video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qYSBvKD9qy9AllHeIcbwm_pSiGRSZMzl/view?usp=drivesdk

Ins: https://www.instagram.com/chens_plantsdesign?igsh=NmY5cG1pd3g1Yzg3&utm_source=qr

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