Designing With Cork

P3 wall panels by notNeutral

By now most people have heard of cork flooring, or are realizing that it has more uses than just that of a mundane note board. Cork is a very green material, and because of this many new uses for the product are being played with. Cork is actually the bark of the Cork oak tree. It is harvested on a nine year cycle. The bark grows back, making it a renewable resource. Cork also has a cushion quality that makes it quiet, resilient, and soft to walk on. These attributes also make it a natural insulator, and create good acoustical properties. With so many great qualities and uses, more artistic applications are being created. Below are some great examples.

These pictures are showing some of the pieces in the Vitra Cork Family Stool collection

The following two chairs are from Tretiak

This is the Lucky table lamp from designer Serena&Lilly. I love this piece not only because it is cork, moreover it is more transitional in style, and would be easy to incorporate in to any interior.

Wall treatment by Globus Cork

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Card Board Furniture

Hello all, welcome to my first blog post. In honor of earth week I thought I would start off with Eco-friendly furniture. I love card board furniture. It is very durable, inexpensive, readily available, and recyclable. Here are some of my favorites.

This piece is called the "Wiggle" chair. Who better to start off with than the master himself, Frank Gehry.

This is an amazing piece from a company called Bloxes. Below you can see how they are put together. The pieces can be made in to many different applications including wall dividers.

Leo Kempf coffee tables.

These pendants were created by Giles Miller and are from Farm Design Ltd.

This inexpensive collapsible chair is called the Pause Stool. It is my newest love from cb2.

Here is my own attempt. This is a piece I made a few years ago for a school project. This one is child size but I am thinking about making a full size rocking chair version. Stay tuned for another favorite material of mine...cork!