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8. Salvaged Wood Collection from Sutherlands Home Furnishing : Along with their on-trend new collection that celebrates raw, pale wood that has a story to tell, looks just as good in a classical as industrial setting and super eco-friendly, SHF has also launched a fab new website. -
3. Natural ash timber finish from Woodbender : One of our favourite local bentwood furniture manufacturers, Woodbender reported on the IMM Cologne and Maison & Objet trend of natural timber finishes that allow the flame of the wood to create texture and interest. -
4. Pinhole camera by Ondu : Since we’re taking the time to slow down and touch the natural textures around us, how about putting Instagram down for a sec and trying your hand at the age-old art of pinhole photography? You don’t even have to recharge it! -
5. Munggur Bun Stool from Weylandts : Of course delicately carved wood inspires awe, but a solid chunk of tree like this exudes gravitas. Check out the Weylandts store for a range of other solid wood stools and tables in varying geometric shapes. -
7. Paul Anker owl from Anatomy Design : Handcrafted from solid Danish oak, these gorgeous little owls have magnetic heads that allow them to be tilted and rotated in all directions, giving them a variety of deadpan expressions. -
6. Wooden coffee filter by Canadiano : Coffee. Water. Pour. Filter. Perfection. Designed for picky coffeenistas to take the pain out of the perfect cuppa in the morn, this filter takes 2-4min for the coffee to brew and only needs a rinse in terms of maintenance. -
1. Wooden tiles by Moonish : Tiles are supposed to be a hard, cold, long-term investment, right? Well, not when they’re made of thin wood that attaches to steel stickers using magnets… Then they can be refreshed every season. -
2. Sticky notes by Appree : It seems that the more digital the world gets, the more handmade and natural design gets. So why settle for institutionalised yellow and pink sticky notes — your precious handwriting deserves so much more. -
9. The Source Wood by Sodastream : Designed by hotshot Yves Béhar of Jawbone and One Laptop Per Child fame, the Source Wood is a lust-have kitchen appliance cased in natural wood, with all the buttons and controls of the plastic one to fix your fizz just right. -
10. Wood Tailoring Armchair by Färg & Blanche : Trust the Swedes to be the undoing of wood… Well, at least they sewed it up again! The Wood Tailoring range comprises an armchair, desk chair and cupboard made of plywood stitched together using an industrial sewing machine.
Bet you never counted on the day you’d see a wooden tile, camera, coffee filter, sticky note or Sodastream machine! That and much more is why we just love wood.
The wonderful wood trend is here to stay. It’s timeless and elegant, no matter its form. Yet, still as hip’n’happening as artisanal coffee and pinhole cameras. Whether in traditional silhouettes or as dramatic statement pieces, it exudes a feeling of richness and warmth into any of the home’s spaces.
Keeping it with technological advances, we’ve seen it stitched as well as pulped. However, what seems to be the prevailing trend is bare, untreated wood that shares its secrets with personality-enhancing rings and textures. Woodbender noticed at IMM Cologne, especially.
But, although wood is one of the most environmentally sustainable building materials in the world, its longevity is under threat… Specifically in South Africa, because of our unsustainable deforestation and subsequent closing of sawmills resulting in timber products that used to be readily locally available now being imported. Read more about that here and spread the word all around to help save our forests so that beautiful design can last forever.
1. moonishco.com via remodelista.com
2. appree.net
3. woodbender.co.za
4. ondu.si
5. weylandts.co.za
6. canadiano.co
7. anatomydesignstudio.com
8. shf.co.za
9. yuppiechef.com/sodastream-makers.htm
10. fargblanche.com
