'Plank' by Zeitraum
Zeitraum presented this series of wooden tables created by the German designers Nana Bambuch and Merit Frank. ‘Plank’ is composed of a thin table top balanced on two trestles in an exciting contrast with broad planks. The product program comprises dining tables as well as desks, coffee tables, couch tables and an array of various side tables.
'Plank' by Zeitraum
'Plank' by Zeitraum
'Plank' by Zeitraum
'Unique IKEA' by Kenyon Jeh
The young Taiwanese designer Kenyon Jeh made his own creations of the standardized flat pack furniture he ordered at a big Swedish furniture store.
“I have simply composed the kits into customized furniture to suit my personal preference, adding some new details along the way. The process is liberating and brings a limitless attitude of possibility to the flat pack market”, Kenyon Jeh explains.
Model 'Kenn' by Kenyon Jeh
Model 'Bria' by Kenyon Jeh
Model 'Dalt' by Kenyon Jeh
Dinesen flooring at the re-opened Saatchi Gallery in London
The Danish manufacturer Dinesen is a traditional brand for high quality plank floors. Founded in 1898 the company is still owned an managed by the same family. The uncomparable, imposingly wide and long planks Dinesen use for their floorings are made from European wood, from trees which are between 80 and 120 years old.
Dinesen floor planks at Saatchi Gallery
One of the last projects Dinesen realised was the plank floor for the re-opened Saatchi Gallery in London – a sponsoring of 5,000 m2 of Douglas fir flooring. This investment reflects Dinesen’s considerable growth in the UK in 2009.
Dinesen flooring at the famous Redeemer's Church in Copenhagen
'Albert' by Massproductions
The Stockholm based young label Massproductions presented this new series of solid stools at the Stockholm Furniture Fair. The British designer Chris Martin found inspiration in traditional pub stools when he created the robust structure for ‘Albert’.
'Albert' by Massproductions
'Albert' by Massproductions
'Wood' by Åke Axelsson
With 77 years the Swedish designer Åke Axelsson not even thinks of resigning from work. At this year’s Stockholm Furniture Fair he proudly presented ‘Wood’, his latest piece for the Swedish manufacturer Gärsnäs. The components of this elegant lightweight chair are made with a traditional steaming technique that uses a minimal amount of wood. Wood is packed disassembled in a recyclable cartonboard in order to reduce transport volume.
'Wood' by Åke Axelsson for Gärsnäs
'Wooden carpet' by Elisa Strozyk
The young Berlin based textile designer Elisa Strozyk recently received this year’s German Design Award for Newcomers. After studying surface and textile design at Weißensee Designschool in Berlin, she recently graduated from Central St. Martins College in London. Her ‘wooden textiles’ convinced the jury, who underlined the formal originality, the emotional and symbolic quality and the innovativeness of Elisa’s work.
The prize was awarded by the German Design Council and the German Ministry of Economics.
'Wooden textiles' by Elisa Strozyk
'Wooden textiles' by Elisa Strozyk
'Kile' by Yukari Hotta
The Japanese-born designer Yukari Hotta graduated from Kolding Designschool in Danmark and his creative work seems to reflect his cultural influences. The sophisticated joints of his shelf ‘Kile’ are based on a tradiational Japanese technique, fastened by simple wooden wedges.
'Kile' by Yukari Hotta
'Kile' by Yukari Hotta
'Corvo' by Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance for Bernhardt Design
At this year’s Salone del Mobile in Milan the US manufacturer Bernhardt Design will present this new hand shaped wooden chair designed by the French designer Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance.
'Corvo' by Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance for Bernhardt Design
Here the intresting story of the manufacturing process:
“Two experienced sample-makers worked for more than four weeks to produce the first prototype. Subsequent iterations focused on the strength and durability required to pass rigorous commercial performance tests. Ultimately, the complexity of the various shapes, angles and transitions made fabrication using modern CNC equipment impractical, resulting in a decision to produce the chair by employing old world manufacturing techniques. Using fifteen different carving tools, Corvo is hand shaped and sanded from solid American Walnut and sealed with a natural oil finish. Each chair is slightly different, reflecting the personality of the artisan who made it.”
'Corvo' by Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance for Bernhardt Design
'Corvo' by Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance for Bernhardt Design
to the Bernhardt Design website
'Pinocchio' by Källemo
The Swedish manufacturer Källemo recently presented this new wooden chair by Mats Theselius at this year’s Stockholm Furniture Fair. With the simple and transparent construction the designer created a modern version of the archtypical post and rung chair.
'Pinocchio' by Källemo
'Pinocchio' by Källemo
'AA furniture' by H.C. Wang Design
The ‘AA furniture’ designed by the US based designer Hsin-Chun Wang is a composition of a simplistic, narrow bar height table and a bar stool height long bench. Combined in variable positions it is an ideal piece of furniture for waiting areas and public architecture.
'AA furniture' by H.C. Wang Design
'AA furniture' by H.C. Wang Design
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