Mate is...
indoor plant pot
that naturally changes your gardening journey
1. Self-watering
You just have to fill the tank and your plant will drink only the needed for several weeks. But don't forget to give it your love, as usual.
2. Expandable
When the plant will become too big for your pot, don't worry about it because Mate is expandable.
3. Removable bottom
As well as for a non-stick cake pan the pot has a removable bottom which helps the repotting step. You only have to push it!
4. Breathable
The pot is made of porous materials like concrete and clay. Water and air flows are divided to prevent the widespread mold problems of nowadays self-watering pots.
5. Beneficial
In which material does the water pass? Usually through clay, but not here. An innovative choice takes a concrete bottom, which enriches water with beneficial substances for plants by exploiting the efflorescence phenomenon.
6. Irreplaceable
With only 2 different sizes Mate can cover a capacity from 1,5 to 15 L becoming your best ally at home.
Prototype
photos by Sergio Lovati
Credits
I made all the content exclusively for my portfolio, copyright reserved. Publications must need written consent. Mate is the plant pot of GrowOn, a hypothetical start-up done as a final thesis at Istituto Europeo di Design. Working in a multidisciplinary team, once the concept was approved in January 2021, my role focused on physical product development under the supervision of professor Paolo Lovati. Idea and project are protected by IED.
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