My name's Ashily, and I'm an aspiring design/IT student. I believe creative solutions are the future of this AI-driven world, and along with sustainable practices, we can create a better future for all living things on this planet. "Project Bloom" is both a system and product-based design. It encourages primary school children who want to make an impact in the community by nurturing their own pollinator-friendly plants, which over time is implemented in a school community garden frame, showcasing the collaboration of art from the individual to the community. Project Bloom aims to support kids in learning the foundations of pollinators through understanding how they currently thrive.
Project Bloom Testing
Bloom planter frame within environmental context
Bloom Community Planter Frame
Material: Recycled Plastic Recycled plastics are strong, durable, waterproof, lightweight, easy to mould – key properties for construction materials. Dominant view of the planter box. Single planter pots and seeds situated in this frame. 3D size of a canvas board.
Project Bloom
This video outlines and details the research and development undertaken to bring to life this design project. While most other competitor designs are for independent learning, Project Bloom encourages collaboration between school children and their teachers. The design aims to teach children, from a young age, the importance of gardening and offers the tangible experience of growing their own plants and learning about the genus of flowering plants which pollinator species collect pollen from.
Pollinator-friendly Flower Seeds
Close-up of the seed packets available within the planter frame box. Pictured is in the colour red.
Ashily Devasia, Project Bloom Testing
Ashily Devasia, Bloom Community Planter Frame
Ashily Devasia, Project Bloom
Ashily Devasia, Pollinator-friendly Flower Seeds
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