Milan 2016: plans for an oversized armchair that would be formed inside a growing tree trunk and a massive logo that changes colour with the seasons featured in Dutch designer Maarten Baas's New! Newer! Newest! exhibition (+ slideshow).
Maarten Baas' New! Newer! Newest! exhibition included a model of an oversized armchair, called the Tree Trunk chair, that would be grown from a single tree
Baas's Tree Trunk chair would take 200 years to produce, and would be grown using a mould pressed into a tree. Over time the trunk would gradually grow over the shape, allowing the mould to be removed and a chair to be "harvested".
The chair would be grown using a mould pressed into a tree over two centuries
The concept for the furniture was developed with British designer Gavin Munro, whose Full Grown company creates pieces by training trees to grow into the shape of chairs and tables.
This movie shows how the Tree Trunk chair will be grown over 200 years 

The Tree Trunk chair would be created from a tree planted in the Groninger Museum's Menkemaborg garden, and will be added to its collection once fully grown in approximately 2216.
Baas also revealed his New Forest concept
"The main role of the museum is to take care of the tree after I have passed away," the designer told Dezeen. "The tree and mould need constant maintenance. Unexpected things will happen in the growth, so it's a collection piece that needs special care."

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