information aesthetics

a living plant information display, representing the human habits of throwing things away in either trash or recycling containers. a normal trash can & recycle bin each is assigned a separate light, which will turn on when one of them is used, hereby steering the growth directions of the living plants towards the highest usage (to enhance the speed, a plant-like robotic version was developed as well). this ambient display explores how information can be shown fully intuitively, here by using living material & biomimetic forms. [maffee.com]