Green Mailbox by Marcial Ahsayane
Brussels-based designer Marcial Ahsayane has created the Green Mailbox, which features a shelf for holding a plant, and an inclined v-shape that captures rain water to irrigate the plant.
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Visit Marcial Ahsayane’s website – here.
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Andreas on 18 Oct 2011 at 2:49 am #
Very nice, innovative!!
Ayana on 18 Oct 2011 at 5:21 am #
SO simple and BEAUTIFUL!!!
Rube on 18 Oct 2011 at 6:29 am #
Ha Ha, I like this, the lock annoys me though.
Great on 18 Oct 2011 at 7:28 am #
A drizzle or light rain would have been fine but a heavy rain will definitely drown and topple down the plant
Cute idea though.
spellwight on 18 Oct 2011 at 10:13 am #
Cute, but it always needs a teeny tiny plant. And I suppose if you live in the desert you could put up a small cactus, but if you live where it rains regularly you drown your plant. Just slapping a rain drain on the top really doesn’t make it green.
Hejorama on 19 Oct 2011 at 8:06 am #
What a genius design! I wonder if that would be possible to do on a larger scale using the entire roof for instance to provide water for a larger amount of plants.
silvio on 22 Oct 2011 at 5:51 am #
but … once the plant is under the same rain that the mailbox is, what difference does the gutter?
Raven on 23 Oct 2011 at 12:32 pm #
Im inclined to agree with the critics here. Seems like “green” design should be more than an excuse to add a planter to something.
Birdy B on 25 Oct 2011 at 7:41 pm #
Silvio, I think the difference is the design allows the plant to get more water than it would otherwise.