But it’s so cute!

This little item showed up on a number of “techno-gadget” blogs, so I went straight to the horse’s mouth, so to speak, to find out more. Vitorio Benedetti is a graphic and product designer, and I believe he may be Italian. Other than that, there’s not much personal information about him.

Here are his own comments about the Constant Garden:

Resulting project of the Industrial Sound Design workshop conducted in the Umeå Design School, with teams combining students from Interaction and Advanced Product design with Annika Ushio and Vanessa Satele.

A product that combines relaxation and information, helping you during the day with your appointments and besides that, displaying nice garden sounds inside the office to remind you that there is more to life than work.

In a coordinated audio visual approach, the constant garden displays messages according to your daily schedule, allowing you to concentrate on the activities themselves.

Inside each of the sprouts there is a small headphone, and the total sound is pleasurable and strong enough.

Visit his site here>> and see more images. You can also download a nice little flash document describing the intent behind the design and see a video of the “garden” in action. Complete with birds twittering and crickets chirping.