Bourbon & Boots have in stock pairs of Wood Veneer Sunglasses made from hand crafted wood. The sunglasses are made in Chattanooga, Tennessee, using wood laid in an eye-catching ombre design.
Branch Christmas Tree
November 27, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The Branch Christmas Tree is a sustainably sourced, hand crafted Ash wood tree that won’t mess your living room with pine needles and dirt. After assembly, the Branch stands at 5ft (152cm) tall but can be disassembled into a 50cm x 20cm natural cotton duffel bag.
Soft Ash Cushion
November 20, 2012 By Leave a Comment
By using an ingenious method of carving, Mary Dickerson has created a resilient cushion made from ash wood. Mary’s work was inspired by Carolien Laro’s Spring Wood.
* You can find more information on Mary Dickerson’s Ash Cushion on MocoLoco and on Carolien Laro’s Spring Wood on her website
Noordeparkbar The Secondhand Coffee Shop
November 5, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Overtreders W and architecture office Bureau SLA, have completed the first of a series of marktplaats or market place buildings in Holland. This coffee shop is made from 100% recycled materials purchased through marktplaats.nl, the Dutch eBay website.
Twisted Cabin Norway
October 8, 2012 By Leave a Comment
About 1000m up in the mountains of Kvitfjell, Norway, near the ski slopes, is the Twisted Cabin. This large house is a family’s holiday home and has 7 floors, all connected to the surrounding terrain.
Laser Cut Wood Cardtorials
October 2, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Earlier this year, Yvette Leung started Cardtorials, a small business that makes cards from laser cut wood. The cards were a hit so she decided to expand with a little help from Kickstarter.
You can back Yvette on her Kickstarter page and help her get this ingenious idea further off the ground.
* Take a look at more of her cards on her Kickstarter page as well on her Cardtorial website
ECAL Carbon Fibre Axe
August 21, 2012 By Leave a Comment
When you are living in the forest and only the best luxury axe in the world will do, you need the Carbon fibre axe from ECAL graduate Kacper Hamilton. The Carbon fibre axe has inter-changeable heads, one that can be used to fell trees and the other to chop wood, both made from high-carbon steel fibre. [Read more...]
Eliminator Manual Shredder
August 13, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The Eliminator by Merve Kahraman is a desk lamp that uses shredded paper as its shade. It allows the user to totally customise the lamp depending on what paper the user chooses to shred.
At the base of the lamp is a plate that catches the discarded paper for easy disposal.
*Merve Kahraman‘s website has more images of the Eliminator as well other interesting projects
Japanese Kuruma Toys
August 3, 2012 By Leave a Comment
These adorable little cars are called Kuruma which means cars in Japanese. They are hand-carved by Mr. Togawa who uses the grain of each piece of wood to make every car totally unique.
The passengers have big happy smiles and are sure to bring hours of joy to that little boy or girl with a car fixation.
*Kuruma toys can be purchased from the baum-kuchen shop for just $58
Scandinavian Trinket Boxes
May 30, 2012 By Leave a Comment
These trinket boxes from Scandinavian Iittala come in small and large and are the perfect size to store your jewellery, keys or even craft supplies. They are called Vitriini and would fit seamlessly into a lounge, entry hall or your bedroom, that’s how beautiful they are.The boxes are made from glass and come with either a glass, alluminium or wooden bottom.
The Vitriini boxes range in price from $45 to $130 each and come in a wide range of colours that can be see on both the Iittala and Fjorn Scandinavian websites
