Bel-Air is an air filtration system that uses living plants to purify the air indoors. Using the behavior of plants, the system filters the air by capturing the noxious particles and transforming them inside. Bel-Air can be purchased as a prototype and it is currently presented at the Le Laboratoire exhibition.
When I first discovered the product, I was amazed by its high quality in its appearance and expediency. However, as I approached the design with wider perspective, it seemed somehow selfish the fact how it utilizes a life for our own convenience. Plants involved in the design, simply becomes true objects of service.
1) trustworthy- The design offers people the feeling of trust by its appearance. By creating part of the capsule transparent, the appearance of the plant inside is actually visible.
2) Approperiate- Approperitate except the fact that criticism may possibly arise from nature-lovers.
3) Smart- Using plants as air-filterer is a smart choice. From using this, no more filters need to be changed and no more clogs will appear.
4) Responsive- As all other air-filters, as it turns on, the filteration starts. The inside of the filteration system is soon filled with foggy gas, which people can detect right away.
5) Clever- The fact how an air filteration system uses living plants is actually very clever. People’s knowledge of plant’s respiration system offers them the trust that the system would actually Work.
6) Ludic- The colours of the design is quite favorable and symbolic.
7) Pleasurable- It is both functionally and asthetically pleasurable. However, I personally find it more asthetically pleasurable from its clean and favorable design
If I were given a chance to choose a role in design team, i would be more interested to be a part of the brainstorming team, for that I find it more fun to create formats and basis in most designing process.
Reference- http://gizmodo.com/328342/bel+air-filtration-system-uses-plants-to-purify-our-environs
- http://www.dezeen.com/2007/11/29/bel-air-by-mathieu-lehanneur/
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