The Pod People

Summer is bearing down fast upon us. Really. Here in New York City, Central Park is a riot of color, with tulips, cherry trees, and forsythia in full bloom. So it must be time to start thinking of bringing our brilliant design ideas outdoors.

Here's something we found the blog of award-winning Canadian designer Patricia Gray that will lure all of us outdoors.



It's a concrete pod. If it makes you think of Japanese design, that's because it's created by Kazuya Morita, and was shown at the Concrete Art Museum 2005 in Nagoya, Japan. It is made of extremely thin concrete, and the small size, and tented-egg shape, creates a feeling of safety and peace, condusive to meditation, while allowing the sensory experience of being outdoors.

This makes me feel peaceful just looking at it.

Comments

[Kim Hall]

Ooooh! I love it. I want one for my back yard.

[Godfrey Songa]

They're great! I'd take four! Are these in production?

[diseño web]

I have been checking morita´s site, he have other great stuff there.