Chair Farm13. Jun2012
Following the last year product, the Hemp Chair made of... hemp, a chair that was an example of how a new material can be used, this year Werner Aisslinger presented the Chair Farm, a plantation chair experiment, a chair that try to show us as "the future of production" would be, in designer's opinion.
An exploration about how to make a decentralized product in a local production which in turn provides and option for a sustainable future "And although open design processes and rapid processing have created the possibility to produce relatively complex furniture from very simple machinery locally and at an affordable price; problems with the raw materials – so supply and transport – and also the energy demands and waste generation of the production process remain." - from Minimumblog.
These are the problems that the designer try to solve through the Chair Farm, using locally grown plants to shape into objects (in this case, your locally grown willow).
Chair Farm was presented at Ventura Lambrate in Milan 2012 as part of “Instant Stories, Made in Berlin”, a presentation of works by 11 Berlin design studios curated by Werner Aisslinger, Fabien Dumas and DMY Berlin. 
"After the removal of the corset, a unique chair is revealed – truly singular, because nature cannot be programmed to deliver a certain result. The chair is no longer produced in the classical sense of the word. Instead, it grows of its own volition in a greenhouse or on a field. When it has reached maturity, the steel corset is opened and removed, revealing a naturally grown chair. The title of the project by this Berlin-based designer, who imagines huge “product plantations” in the future, reflects this utopian means of production: the “chair farm”." - Werner Aisslinger---
"The chair farm concept is as simple as it is radical. A “plantation chair” produced in an agricultural Lab is an production utopia of the future..." - Werner Aisslinger---
The chair is no longer produced in the classical sense of the word. Instead, it grows of its own volition in a greenhouse or on a field. When it has reached maturity, the steel corset is opened and removed, revealing a naturally grown chair." - Werner Aisslinger---
"A new way to invert production in furniture design back from globalized serial manufacturing to resource-conserving local production." - Werner Aisslinger---
"...Many designers have anticipated the change towards green design or eco-pluralistic design and have recognized it as a chance – one of the most prominent ones being Werner Aisslinger from Berlin. He has been experimenting with new materials and sustainable production methods for years." - from Werner Aislinger page"The works of Werner Aisslinger cover the spectrum of experimental, artistic approaches, including industrial design and architecture. He delights in making use of the latest technologies and has helped to introduce new materials and techniques to the world of product design. Aisslinger has been developing furniture with Italian brands like Cappellini, Magis, Zanotta and Vitra. His work is exhibited in the permanent collections of international museums such as the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum in New York and the Vitra Design Museum in Weil."
Photo and description from DMY-Berlin.
