Wood

Bamboo

  • Technically not a wood, but a grass, Bamboo is incredibly renewable due to how fast it grows.

    There are around 31 million hectares of forest land around the world, 80% in Asia, 10% in Africa, and 10% in Latin America

  • Bamboo is strong and durable, allowing it to be a sturdy building material.

    It is also flexible, and lightweight, making it a versatile material for product and furniture design and manufacture, however its thin strips make it less aesthetically appealing than other woods.

  • Bamboo has the highest growth rate of all tropical plants. After emerging as a shoot, bamboo can complete the growing process in both diameter and height in 35–40 days. The growth rate has been observed at up to one metre per day, that is, approximately 2.5 cm per hour.

  • Scaffolding
    Furniture and Lighting including David Trubridge’s Cloud Lighting
    Kitchenware e.g. chopping boards

 

Cork

  • Cork grows naturally in only two areas of the world: the Mediterranean region of Europe – particularly the Iberian Peninsula, where Portugal and Spain produce more than 80% of the worlds cork and Northwest Africa.

  • High elasticity
    Low Permeability
    Great thermal and sound insulator

  • Harvested when the cork oak tree reaches 20 years old, and then every 9 years after that. The productive life of the tree averages about 150 years.

  • Furniture
    Placemats
    Bottle stoppers

 
 

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