Could a Furniture Farm Grow Your Next Meal?
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Jacob Douenias and Ethan Frier took basic furniture, tables and chairs, and incorporated custom glass photobioreactors to cultivate the edible microorganism --- spirulina.

Photo By Ethan Frier/Vimeo

 

Can furniture be used to grow food? While futurists are already considering the possibility, for the majority of us the idea of living room furniture as a family farm is bit strange.

However, a couple of architectural and industrial designers, Jacob Douenias and Ethan Frier, put that theory to a test with their "Living Things" creation now on display in the "Factory Installed" exhibition at the Mattress Factory art museum in Pittsburgh, PA.

The two designers took basic furniture, tables and chairs, and incorporated custom glass photobioreactors to cultivate the edible microorganism --- spirulina, which is often found in local health food stores.

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Michaelle Bradford, CCI Media, is Editor of Closets & Organized Storage magazine and Woodworking Network editor. She has more than 20 years of experience covering the woodworking and design industry, including visits to custom cabinet shops, closet firms and design studios throughout North America. As Editor of Closets & Organized Storage magazine under the Woodworking Network brand, Michaelle’s responsibilities include writing, editing, and coordinating editorial content as well as managing annual design competitions like the Top Shelf Design Awards. She is also a contributor to FDMC and other Woodworking Network online and print media owned by CCI Media.