Artists compete building bug hotels from @ffern.co

Name: Artists compete building bug hotels from @ffern.co
Uploaded: 2026-05-16T15:01:13.000Z
Duration: 86 s
Channel: ffern.co

The narrator introduces a design competition to create 'bug hotels' to help insects in a rewilded garden. The video then sequentially showcases three distinct entries: Saskia Martindale's 'Leeky Hotel,' a giant leek sculpture; Var Samuelson and Michael Lye's 'Spinning Suites,' an architectural piece inspired by maple seeds; and Aidan Robertson's 'Bug B&Biome,' an organic pod-like structure made with wattle and daub. The video concludes by stating that the insects will be the ultimate judges of the competition.

Creator: @ffern.co on TikTok

Transcript

Introducing Rank Bug Hotel designs. This Bug, this Bug, and this Bug are in trouble. One gesture, modest better meaningful, is the Bug Hotel. We asked four designers to come to Netwildland and build the finest insect accommodation a Bug could ask for. First up, Saskia Martindale with the Leaky Hotel. Saskia has made a leak, a one meter best. Striking. Something you'd spot across a meadow and need to investigate. As an opening statement in this competition, it is confident. It is also genuinely a

Topics: Nature & Wildlife, Design, Art, Sustainability

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