This Is the Picnic Basket of the Future

Astronauts and Sunday picnics may not seem to have much in common, but Madrid design studio Atelier Teratoma has somehow managed to combine the two in this futuristic back-mounted picnic basket design. Not unlike the gear that an inhabitant of the International Space Station may be seen wearing while performing a spacewalk, the picnic basket has a casing of white plastic, within which are speakers, USB charging ports, a Bluetooth-connected screen, and a solar panel, to ensure that you are constantly connected and unable to engage in anything as off-putting as face-to-face interactions. The contraption also incorporates a space to hold two metallic silver pillows, for that extra Space Age feel. Say the designers, “Traditionally the picnic is associated with the search of natural environments to share a meal. But what happens when we bring this idea to a context defined by hard pavements, congestion and new ways of communication? We believe that today the natural setting for a picnic should be the epicenter of the city: the square.”