What is Vegetal Design? A new discipline that aims to create objects, furniture and habitat in harmony with the plant kingdom. The design of the living seeks to "open our senses as much as our minds." The architect-designer Patrick Nadeau has instigated an innovative approach that he made with his creations and his teaching with students at ESAD in Reims. "Vegetal design is concerned with issues related to the introduction of the living within the built environment, the scale of the object and everyday spaces. He sees the plant as subject to the measure of man and seeks to establish conditions for cooperation." Urban...