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Mathieu Lehanneur’s Flood Restaurants

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In his new interior design for Paris’ Flood Restaurants, visionary designer Mathieu Lehanneur has taken the integration of ecology and experiential design to new heights.

Sleek round aquariums sit throughout the space, each filled with 100-litres of Spirulina Plantesis. The micro algae creates oxygen through photosynthesis, aided by the large bright windows nearby. Besides their eye-popping futuristic vibe and awesome visual quality - the aquariums seem to almost glow with an organic phosphoresence - the pure, fresh oxygen they release into the air adds to a full-sensory, holistic experience. The design goes beyond what you can touch and see to improving the environment of the very atmosphere inside the space. You may not be able to consciously sense it, but undoubtedly your body will know.

Maybe. But this hardly wets my appetite…

From Shape+Colour | Via NotCot | Matthieu Lehanneur website (Flash)