Designindaba.com caught up with Massimo Vignelli in Cape Town and discovered a man for whom design is a way of life. >

Comprising 15 solar panelled sunflowers, the Electric Garden in Austin, Texas, is literally what its name says. >

A collaboration between Great Northern Hydroponics and GE Energy has resulted in a massive greenhouse cogeneration plant. >

Woolly Pockets are soft-sided nests for growing plants. >

Environmental artist Agnes Denes’s iconic 1982 work, Wheatfield, is revived in London in 2009. >

Designed to look like a giant water drop, Bas van der Veer’s A Drop of Water collects rainwater by filling a watering can and rain barrel. >

The Crowd Farm draws energy through a flooring system that responds to human footsteps. >

Somewhere between a biodegradable fish farm and a synthetic reef, Microcosmic Aquaculture is a speculative project. >

Farmadelphia by the Front Studio, proposes to transform the urban environment by introducing bucolic farmlands into the city’s urban fabric. >

Artist Philip Ross’s work explores humanity’s relationship with plants. >

The Cista is a rainwater harvesting system designed to be attractive and easy to use. >