The Cronos yacht

A Timeless Yacht Design

The highlight of the Cronos yacht is stunningly intricate woodwork that almost seems to grow from within the opulent interior and extend across spacious decks before pouring over into the water. The elaborate flooring and siding leaves little to be desired from additional furnishings. This is recognized in its otherwise minimal, albeit somewhat futuristic, interior and exterior. I’d never want to leave!

Designers: Simone Madella and Lorenzo Berselli

GVAL chair

Wooden Perfection

Inspired by the rings of a tree, the organic shape and texture of the GVAL chair’s alternating sheets of plywood serve as a visual and tangible reminder of both nature and memory. Perfectly nested inside the hollow chair are 2 additional segments that can be used as footrests, or combined to form another chair. Magnifique!

GVAL is a First Prize Winner in the Making Chairs category of the interational
competition Art On Chairs, awarded by the Paredes Center of Furniture
Design.

Designers: Vanesa Moreno, Gustavo Reboredo, Louis Sicard & Nenad Katic

Kompost

Composting The Easy Way

I want to compost but something about the process turns me off. The idea that there’s rotting garbage in a plastic bin on my lawn goes against every thing I deem to be “designed” about my life and to a lesser extent, my yard. Enter the KOMPOST – a ceramic cylinder you bury half way into the ground. Dump your organic matter into the top and thanks to the easy access holes, our friends the worms will turn your garbage into rich compost.

Designer: Kellee Kimbro

Milking stool

The Modern Milking Stool

Designer: Noddy Boffin

“All the really good ideas I ever had came to me while I was milking a cow.” Inspired by the artist Grant Wood’s famous quote, the Milking Stool has all the trappings of a really good idea. The stool is simple, however unique with its contrasted tones of cork and ply, as well as its additional smart strip of bright stainless steel that belts the whole thing together like a ribbon. Lightweight, stackable, eco-friendly, recyclable, and visually charming… what more could you ask for?!

Ocean Sailor

Ocean Sailor designed by Sasso is one of the best year in 2009 in free-standing bathtubs. It is a fascination with unusual designs and stunning finish. This stand-alone tub made of special wood, but looks like a marble.

Modern Design Wooden Bathtub Ocean Sailor by Sasso

This freestanding bathtub is made of the special wood, but looks like a marble one. With this model, you can get a great combination of warm wood, which is very pleasant to touch, and incredible beauty of marble.

Modern Design Bathtub Ocean Sailor by Sasso

Wooden Bathtub Ocean Sailor by Sasso

Modern Bathtub Ocean Sailor by Sasso

Thanks to a trendy zebra color scheme this wood bathtub perfectly fits for modern black and white bathroom design. It looks very trendy and stylish. Simple and even natural shape add the elegance and the refinement to it. Each tub is crafted by hand, that’s why every model is truly unique.

Lederen vloer

Lederen vloer: degelijk, luxueus en tikje extravagant.

Opvallend in onze samenleving is het toenemende gebruik van mooie, kwalitatieve, milieuvriendelijke materialen en producten.
Leer is van oudsher een edel materiaal dat ons al millennia heeft overtuigd van zijn vele positieve eigenschappen. Zo is leer beschermend, prettig om aan te raken, stabiel en toch elastisch, heeft het een lange levensduur, is sterk belastbaar en makkelijk in onderhoud.

Wereldwijd maken wij gebruik van lederen producten, denk aan je schoenen, handschoenen, handtas, lederen jas, motorpak of aan je bankstel. Leder is een sterk materiaal en houd zich goed in de meest barre omstandigheden, is brandwerend, vochtwerend, geluidsdempend en herbruikbaar.

Bij een persoonlijke woonstijl past een interieur met lederaccenten dat een tikje extravagantie combineert met klassieke degelijkheid. Zelf ben ik een echte leer liefhebber en in mijn interieur staan dan ook glad lederen eetkamerstoelen en geschuurde lederen fauteuils met hockers. De combinatie van glad en geschuurd leder geeft een extra accent aan mijn woonkamer.
Het is dan ook fantastisch om te ontdekken dat leder het nieuwste materiaal op het gebied van natuurvloeren is. Met deze vloeren kun je een eigen persoonlijke stijl en smaak etaleren. Leder is een natuurproduct en naarmate de vloer ouder wordt, wordt deze nog mooier, de kleuren worden dieper en de kenmerken van het gebruik worden een deel van het leven, wat de vloer een eigen identiteit geeft. Daarnaast is het een zeer sterk en hoog belastbaar product wat voor een vloer vaak de beste eigenschap is.

Dry Land

The Water Absorbent Coaster convincingly fools guests into thinking they shattered your coaster! This eco-friendly water absorbent coaster is crafted from concrete and non-toxic recycled materials to give it that green edge. With a typical beach theme of Spiral Shell, Princess Shell, Empty Bottle, and Footprint; my pick is the Dry Land for the most obvious reasons! Let’s play the prank NOW!

Banana's And Luxery

At the 2011 Paris Maison and Objet trade show, the authority on luxury tableware, Pigment France, debuted a new collection of products made from sustainable material. Sustainable and high-end service ware are two concepts rarely presented together, but this event marked not only the cardinal introduction of the banana plant derived material Green Blade to the market, but also showed that luxury can be ecoconscious.

Green Blade- a biosourced decorative sheet made from banana plant trunks.

Growing Chair

Oh, the Swiss. Look at what Michel Bussien’s made. It’s called the “Growing Chair” and it’s potted just for you! Sit on your favorite tree and think about how elvish you are. You can see it growing like it’s an ant-farm! Potted and on rollers here, but if you plant it with the right elements in nature, remove the box and the plant is treeish!

Generally trees are pretty comfortable to sit in. They are made that way for monkeys. Monkeys sit in trees and just hang out because trees were made for monkeys to hang out in. Because we humans were never meant to climb tall trees to sit in, the seat portion of the tree is generally higher than most people can reach. That’s where this chair comes in! Bend nature to your will!

Mother Nature's Tool instead of Plastic

Handgemaakte Imajen Tools willen mensen doen nadenken over hun acties tegenover duurzaamheid en verantwoordelijk heid bij het gebruik van plastiek. Niet enkel worden kinderen aangespoord om op ontdekking te gaan in de natuur maar worden ook gewezen op de effecten van kunststoffen in combinatie met de natuur. Wanneer plastiek speelgoed wordt weggegooid blijft de kracht en uitstraling van deze instrumenten bewaart.

Wood Casted Furniture

Today we come across this beautifully wood casted furniture by Hilla Shamia, showcased during Milan Design Week this year. Hot aluminium is being poured onto wood. We love the mix of modern and heritage in the outcoming pieces, the fact that you can still see the wood in all its natural form.

Shwood

t’s back to Mother Nature as far as the Shwood sunglasses are concerned. Handcrafted with a mix of precision technology and good ol’ fashioned craftsmanship, this collection features shades made from East Indian Rosewood coupled with mirrored and polarized lenses. The style seen here is called Ashland that comes packaged in a protective wooden hard case; crafted from a mix of Walnut and European Maple. A lot of wood in there I tell you! Fashionable and chic! Price begins at $145 a piece.