--- --- # This Innovative Flower Pot Moves To Follow the Sun by [Inigo del Castillo / Lost at E Minor](https://time.com/author/lost-at-e-minor-zolton-zavos/) ## Inigo del Castillo / Lost at E Minor Oct 6, 2014 5:16 PM UTC by [Inigo del Castillo / Lost at E Minor](https://time.com/author/lost-at-e-minor-zolton-zavos/) ## Inigo del Castillo / Lost at E Minor Oct 6, 2014 5:16 PM UTC  _This_ [_article_](http://www.lostateminor.com/2014/09/03/innovative-flower-pot-can-rolled-follow-sunlight/) _originally appeared on_ [_Lost at E Minor_](http://www.lostateminor.com)_._ It only took us a few thousand years to create the efficient flower pot design. Inspired by how sunflowers follow the sunlight, Barcelona-based industrial design company, [Studio BAG Disseny](http://www.studiobagdisseny.com/), created a flower pot that can roll to face the direction of the sun, giving plants a more efficient way to grow. Handmade in La Bisbal d’Emporda, Spain, the terracotta pots can whirl by simply moving the base. According to its designers, by adding movement to traditional static pots, it allows the plants to “follow the path of the sun, to sway in a breeze or grow at will.” (via [Design Taxi](http://designtaxi.com/interstitial.html?v=1&advertiser=External&return%5Furl=http%3A%2F%2Fdesigntaxi.com%2Fnews%2F368909%2FA-Unique-Flower-Pot-That-Rolls-In-Order-To-Get-More-Sunlight%2F%3Finterstital%5Fshown%3D1))  Voltasol flowerpots Design: Studio Bag Disseny, Producer: Livingthings  Voltasol flowerpots swivel function Design: Studio Bag Disseny, Producer: Livingthings  Voltasol flowerpot with flowers Design: Studio Bag Disseny, Producer: Livingthings  Voltasol flowerpots Design: Studio Bag Disseny, Producer: Livingthings  Voltasol flowerpots in production Design: Studio Bag Disseny, Producer: Livingthings This Innovative Flower Pot Moves to Follow the Sun ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3457949/innovative-flower-pot-follow-sun/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3457949/innovative-flower-pot-follow-sun/"},"headline":"This Innovative Flower Pot Moves To Follow the Sun","datePublished":"2014-10-06T17:16:43.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:07:34.319Z","description":"This flower pot helps plants grow more efficiently","url":"https://time.com/3457949/innovative-flower-pot-follow-sun/","keywords":["Innovation","Technology","Flowers","invention"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Inigo del Castillo / Lost at E Minor"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/innovation/","name":"Innovation"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3457949/innovative-flower-pot-follow-sun/","name":"This Innovative Flower Pot Moves To Follow the Sun"}}]}] ```