Design Interactions | Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg | Growth Assembly – with Sascha Pohflepp
I really like the classical botanical illustration style of this and the fact it’s very much along the lines of the distributed “Seed” technology vs. the centralized “Feed” fabrication model as described in The Diamond Age (N.Stephenson). Although, the reasons for its emergence there were political/philosophical, rather than due to exorbitant energy/transportation costs. It also still stands to argue how such a tech would work in a potentially more arid climate worldwide or in already nutrient stripped soils, where the plant might struggle for basic life functions and so might only produce smaller (if at all) fruits/components than desired. This leads then to another related problem: If plants only provide product parts/components, but these can’t be necessarily produced at guaranteed sizes, it means the whole concept and aesthetic of components and connector parts needs to be re-thought and will have to end up having to work within a range of sizes, possibly using similarly grown soft tissue parts with shrinkwrap qualities.
