Product design development of Foliascreen® for Vistafolia®, the London based market leader brand of artificial green walls installed in offices, airports and events globally.
Vistafolia® wanted to expand towards the office acoustic partition screens segment and needed to develop a special screen design using their artificial green panels. My task was to design a product that is easy to fit into most office interiors, highly modular, has a simple construction and is easy to assemble, ship and store.
Design challenge
It always looks strange when plants just grow out of a piece of furniture (especially when it's upholstered). It's against our natural expectations.
Therefore I started with discovering the right design approach and form language that can solve this dissonance. Then I stumbled into rocks and sculptures.
Therefore I started with discovering the right design approach and form language that can solve this dissonance. Then I stumbled into rocks and sculptures.
The shape of rocks inspired the geometric spatial pattern and the robustness of the panels. The acoustic panel had to be robust enough to be relevant for a plant to grow out of it, but at the same time still appear to be movable and easy to settle.
Prototyping and Testing
Final Product
Learn more about the project / buy Foliascreen: https://foliascreen.com/
