Plankton Lock Dinner Table

November 16, 2012 By Leave a Comment

The “Lock” dinner table by J.P.Meulendijks comprises of interlocking bamboo layers. These layers are flexible, very strong and highly sustainable, all unique natural characteristics of bamboo as a building material.

The bamboo layers curve through and around each other, locking each other in place and creating a different look from every angle. The table is available with a glass top, or with a stained or natural bamboo top.

* The Lock dinner table can be purchased through Plankton Station for €1950 (glass top) or €2095 (bamboo top)

Ibuku Designs Bamboo Living Spaces

September 3, 2012 By Leave a Comment

As we move further and further from nature, I have found that there is an increase in companies providing a way to get back to nature. Ibuku is one of those companies, they design buildings, living spaces and furniture that are fully integrated with the natural world.

Ibuku is an award-winning architectural design company that have developed the Green School and are currently working on the Green Village in Bali, Indonesia.

*You can see more of their furniture and living spaces on their website, Ibuku

Solar Egg House

July 27, 2012 By Leave a Comment

When architecture graduate, Dai Haifei, finished his studies and faced getting an apartment in Beijing he found that he couldn’t afford the astronomical rent demanded by apartment buildings.

So he took his qualifications and decided to design and build with a little help from his friends his own house.

* More about the technology used in the Solar Egg House is available on Solar Lighting

Titan Bluetooth Speaker

June 29, 2012 By Leave a Comment

We have featured a few different speakers on Funchkins before, but bamboo speakers always catch my eye. They are beautiful in their natural colour and gorgeous when they are paired with the high tech gadgets that speakers can be.

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More Bamboo Bowls

June 12, 2012 By Leave a Comment

You might remember the dinner plates we featured last year made from leaves and bamboo. Well I found another company that makes bowls, bake-ware, servers and utensils, among other things from bamboo. The difference this time is Core Bamboo, is part of Core Home, a company that makes some brightly coloured and beautifully crafted environmentally friendly housewares

You can read about why they chose bamboo on the Core Bamboo site

Modern Ceramic Steamer Set

May 23, 2012 By Leave a Comment

This steamer from Office for Product Design, is the modern take on the traditional Chinese bamboo steamer. It has a fireproof ceramic bowl which prevents it from ever warping when the temperature changes. The ceramic also doesn’t take on the smells from strong smelling foods. The steamer set also has a perforated terracotta plate which absorbs excess moisture and prevents the steamed food from becoming too soggy.

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Pixelated Table

March 24, 2012 By Leave a Comment

This table from Studio Intussen is made up of bamboo sticks that can be moved so that cavities where items can be place are formed. That’s why its called Pixel table, cos the individual sticks look like pixels from a computer screen.

Measuring 45 x 45 x 45 and available from Studio Intussen

Modern Stylish Bamboo Knife Boxes

December 27, 2011 By 1 Comment

 

Mikoto is a range of bamboo knife blocks, lacquered to a high glossy finish on the outside. In true Asian sensibility, the bamboo knife boxes are filled with skewers that not only allows the user to insert as many or as few knives as will fit, but also to insert the knives is any formation desired. They allow free-form storage that is easily customised to the needs of the kitchen.

The bamboo knife boxes are designed by Austrian designer Martin Robitsch, handmade in Vietnam, and the skewers are removable and washable. The knife boxes are available in smoke, tomato, mandarin, lime, white and black lacquer. [Read more...]

Connect, Create and Capture With Bamboo

November 22, 2011 By Leave a Comment

With daily life being infiltrated more and more by technology and computers, it only stands to reason that people would start to find more activities that technology could be apart of, like art and sketching. That is the purpose of the Wacom’s Bamboo range of digital tablets. They aim to give working on your desktop, laptop, iPad and smart phone a more organic feel, where the stylus replaces the fingers to make movements finer. Wacom has three different tablets, Bamboo Capture, Bamboo Connect and Bamboo Create, each specializing in its own area. Capture and Create can be used to edit digital pictures, paint and draw and Connect can be used to mark up documents, sketch and annotate.

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Orca Speakers With A Wood Grain Finish

October 25, 2011 By Leave a Comment

The Orca Speakers were named after the Orca pods that roam the Puget Sound

The Orca speakers are from Blumenstein Speaker company that operates out of Seattle, Washington. The speakers are made from a mixture of sustainable materials including banana plant fibre, Birch plywood, Plyboo Bamboo Plywood and Titebond III waterproof wood glue for long-term durability. The sound quality of the speakers is supposed to be phenomenal, without subwoofers they are perfect for listening to music in your cubicle without disturbing your neighbours. With the addition of a subwoofer or two, the bass reveals itself and they adjust to being surround sound speakers.

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