Whitney Kimball once remarked rather astutely that “plants are no longer a trend; they are a medium”.
It’s certainly the most beneficial zeitgeist we’ve observed in a while—the indoor air quality at art fairs has never been better! These GIFs from Sasha Katz don’t serve that utility, but might point to another environmental concern. There’s just so much damned e-waste everywhere! For all the greenwashing of Apple’s brand-spanking-NuvaRing campus (surrounded by parking in the midst of suburban sprawl), they sure seem to like designing consumer products with toxic components that outlast their usable lives by several millennia.
Isn’t it nice to picture your iPad, fallen victim to Apple’s notorious built-in-obsolescence, having a second life as a succulent planter? Until we get some real corporate responsibility, it might be the best we can do.
