Down Under Planter

Next month sees the NZ launch of the Antipode Planter, an award winning upside-down planter by the Matakana-based Morris Design Office. Designed by Patrick Morris, the Antipode Planter won the UK New Designers Award in 2006 and has just been awarded a silver medal at the Design Institute of NZ’s annual Best Awards. Writing for the Independent, Helen Brown chose the Antipode Planter as one of her picks of this year’s 100% Design festival in the UK. “The award-winning Antipode planter looks set to turn houseplants on their heads and free up floor space,” she writes. “New Zealand-based designer Patrick Morris claims it grows a variety of plants using 90 per cent less water than traditional flower pots. And he guarantees it’s drip-free.”