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Is this the most sustainable bookcase ever?

A customer sent me a link to this website: http://www.brickbox.es/bookshelf-stackable-modular-shelving-library this morning and told me they wanted a desk building with it, I had a look and after watching the video got so exited about this. To me this is one of the most eco friendly or sustainable designs I have ever seen.     The reason

Ecopalm coconut palm wood.

Last week I met Ecopalm at the Surface Design Show in Islington, They make floorboards from coconut palm trees, the wood comes from the actual trunk and is just cut straight into planks of solid palm wood. It could also be used for cladding walls and making furniture.       This sample is cut

Kiva, a refreshing way to finance the World.

Traditionally, in modern society, we have relied on banks to loan us money for business, for personal projects and purchases. The money they used to and still, I am talking as if it was something in the past, but now, we are fed up with unethical banks and I was going to say their unethical

“Flexi Straw” experimental Eco Fitted Furniture made of Straw.

It is not every day that you see fitted furniture made of Straw. In reality, it is likely you have never heard of fitted furniture made of straw, let alone seen any. I never saw or heard of one until I designed Flexi Straw for my company, Custom Carpentry in the UK. You might think

WheresMilo? #wheresMilo

Today, the 4th June 2012 I am launching #wheresMilo a new photo project dedicated to the travels of the ReCut Milo table designed by Tristan Titeux. The #wheresMilo project is a fun way of spotting all the weird, interesting places that I will photograph him in as well as interesting and also famous people that I

Organic Banana Veneer

I met Marco Cassin. He is the founder and one of the directors of Beleaf along with his father and someone else.They are based in Monaco. Marco found a way to make a veneer from a waste by product of the Organic banana industry. The veneer uses the core of the banana plant which is