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Vaettir Inspired by The Swiss Declaration of Plant Right’s, Vaettir is a project, masterminded from a team of poetic geniuses by taking a playful look at the nature of our relationships with plants intended as living entities. One half of the projects double team leaders, Jenny Lee caught up with A to speak about how Vaettir actually came to life. First off, how did the concept for the project come about? I participate in a workshop called Botanical Fabrications set up by Carole Collet and EDF.
This workshop was looking at how we could potentially utilise botanical methods to grow new materials/products from plants. What was your role in the production of the project, and in going forward with it? My role was conceptual designer – we came up with the concept and design of the artefacts How long did the project take to come together? About a year
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