--- title: This Innovative Flower Pot Moves to Follow the Sun description: This flower pot helps plants grow more efficiently canonical: https://time.com/3457949/innovative-flower-pot-follow-sun/ author: TIME article:opinion: true article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-10-06T17:16:43.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:07:34.319Z article:section: Ideas og:title: This Innovative Flower Pot Moves to Follow the Sun og:description: This flower pot helps plants grow more efficiently og:url: https://time.com/3457949/innovative-flower-pot-follow-sun/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Innovative Flower Pot Moves to Follow the Sun twitter:description: This flower pot helps plants grow more efficiently twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # This Innovative Flower Pot Moves To Follow the Sun > Sponsored content. 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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 ```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"}}]}] ```