SUP – Support your plants

DESIGN: Aleksandra Jankowska-Głowacka

Poland

make me! 2022

“SUP” is a set of three forms for supporting potted plants. Their shapes are adapted to plants of different habits. The project is a kind of home “jewellery”. Delicate, geometric, colourful objects create sculptural compositions with different species of plants.

I was inspired by my own search for functional and at the same time visually attractive forms that would suit the apartment and with which I could support the plant shoots. I consulted the method of support with a landscape designer. The visual inspiration came from steel playgrounds designed by Aldo Van Eyck, among others.

Eventually I designed 3 types of supports. The first one, in the form of a full circle on a single leg, is designed for climbing plants. Another one, semi-circular, supports single shoots and heavy flower clusters. The third one is an incomplete circle on two supports, into which we can gather leaning plant shoots. The forms are a coherent set – they have the same spacing, height, arch diameter and bending angle. They are made of powder-coated stainless steel. The set comes in three sizes: it can be 30-cm, 40-cm, and 60-cm high, to accommodate a variety of plant sizes.

The project was made possible by an art grant from the Marshall of the Mazowieckie Province.