Take Care Design Umbrella Stand Concept with Mini Indoor Garden Drip Tray

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Take Care Design Umbrella Stand Concept with Mini Indoor Garden Drip Tray



We suspect that you will either take to this idea or, well, you just won’t, but we love the playfulness – and the almost surreal quality – of this Take Care Umbrella Stand by Mélanie Vandenhecke and Hugo Cociani of What Else? Design.

Featuring a steel frame mounted to a wood drip tray into which you can plant flowers or, to follow the designers’ lead, what appears to be grass, any drips falling from a hung umbrella will serve to water your mini indoor garden rather than occasion puddles on the floor.

Wacky, certainly, but well worth a mention here on EP. As to whether it’s cool, however, is entirely at your discretion.

What Else? [via BigChief / Gizmodo]

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2 Responses to “Anatomically Correct Hand Blown Heart Vase Reminds Us Of Our Mortality”

  • Sam Says:
    January 30th, 2008 at 3:30 am

    It’s pretty cool, but its blue and purple stylings and general look resemble a bong too much for me to really take it seriously.

  • EP Says:
    January 30th, 2008 at 7:47 am

    Hi Sam,

    That’s one thing that didn’t occur to us, I have to confess - and I suspect that would be seen as a bonus by a few.