As phone carrier Softbank launched its own crowdfunding site, amid a sea of products we’ve already heard about, the design firm’s Creative Director Oki Sato took to the stage with something actually intriguing: a plastic bonsai tree that you can prune — or even print a finished article.
The pitch remains pretty broad (and there’s not even funding site for the project just yet), but it looks like you’d be able to choose your base — see the selection above — and it’ll come with cross-knit network of plastic lattices. You can then trim to your Confucius heart’s desires. Not so gifted at arbory? There will also be a companion app that allow you to digitally design the end result, which you can send to a 3D printer to get it made. Naturally, you could also replicate any beautiful creations other bonsai artists make.
via Engadget
