The desire to be close to nature is felt ever more strongly in our urban lives. Even the tiniest piece of green space has its place. Plants contribute to humidifying the air, cooling the surrounding area, capturing dust, reducing noise, and last but not least giving people’s mood a boost. We had all that and more in mind when we created Polys.
A modular system of flowerpots, Polys’ variability offers a wide spectrum of possibilities for use both outdoors and in, in the street, in shopping centres and at schools, in the office, on a terrace, and at home. Wherever it goes, Polys brings a fresh idea for sharing, enriching, improving and enlivening a given space.
„Vegetation is cultivated in cylindrical pots of various dimensions, which seem to almost grow out of the platform that connects them together,“ explains its creator, designer Michael Tomalik. He adds, „Together with the pots, the vegetation becomes part of a living whole, like a kind of microbiome where every plant only makes sense in relation to every other. That’s how Polys was created.“
David Karásek, who oversaw the product’s creation, says, „Polys draws its inspiration from a free arrangement of flowerpots, the sort we might find at the corner of a garden or on a shelf at home. This kind of arrangement creates structure and brings this aesthetic into the public realm.“
The modular construction of the containers, platform and cylindrical bases opens up possibilities for a wide variety of colour ideas. The containers are made of aluminium, the platform and lower cylindrical bases are made of galvanised steel and finished with a powder coating according to the customer’s colour requirements. The plant root system is housed in an ingenious insulation system, protected from the cold during the winter and from overheating in summertime. The containers include an aesthetically placed irrigation system. And don’t be fooled – despite its gentle, poetic form, Polys’ durability remains high enough to meet the demands of public space.
