New from Ikea: A Terra Cotta Sprouter to Grow Microgreens - Gardenista
The first time Poland based product designer Maja Ganszyniec got an email from Ikea inviting her to design products for a special collection she read it twice to make...
...sure it was not spam That was in 2010 and the partnership resulted in Ikea s popular PS 2014 line of small footprint furniture and accessories for urban apartment dwellers
This time around, Ikea asked Ganszyniec to design a product to grow microgreens indoors while conserving water and energy.
Designer Maja Ganszyniec of Studio Ganszyniec is a graduate of the Royal College of Art in London and the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow.
An Användbar Sprouter has a glazed stoneware base and two terra cotta tiers to sprout beans or lentils.
A two-tier Användbar Sprouter is 7.5 inches in diameter; $19.99 from Ikea.
Photograph by Ernest Wińczyk, courtesy of Studio Ganszyniec.
“Sprouts are great source of nutrition and vitamins all year-round,” says designer Ganszyniec.
Over time the red color will deepen, “which is natural for this type of clay material,” notes Ikea.