4.23.2012

earth day (bag it)


besau-marguerre designs, maison martin margiela

“IF YOU HAD TO ENVISAGE LIFE ON SOME OTHER HABITABLE PLANET OTHER THAN EARTH, WHAT KIND OF MINIMAL HAND LUGGAGE WOULD YOU TAKE WITH YOU?” THIS WAS THE QUESTION POSED TO DESIGNERS AS PART OF A COLLECTIVE EXHIBITION ENTITLED “ANOTHER TERRA / HOME AWAY FROM HOME”, CURATED BY BARBARA BRONDI AND MARCO RAINO, AT THIS YEAR’S MILAN DESIGN WEEK.
"FROM THE MOST PRIMITIVE NEEDS TO THE MOST EVOLVE TRANSFORMATIONS, PLANTS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN KEY ELEMENT IN HUMANDEVELOPMENT. OXYGEN, FOOD, CLOTH, COLOR, MEDECINE: AT THE CORE OF  CIVILIZATION REMAIN OUR RELATION WITH VEGETALES AND THE TOOLS AND CRAFTS WHICH RESULT OF IT. ON A FOREIGN PLANET PLANT COULD WITNESS FOR US IF THIS LAND COULD BE A NEW GARDEN OF EDEN. THEREFORE ONE OF OUR LUGGAGE MUST INSURE THE PRESERVATION OF THIS PRECIOUS RESSOURCE  IF WE WANT TO BE SURE TO MAKE HOME ON ANOTHER TERRA." 

How rad is this Besau-Marguerre 'greenhouse to go'? The soil and roots and everything is just insanely cool, and the raw cut leather just ties it up perfectly. 

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