Contemporary Natural Chair 08, Graywacke Offcut Gray Stone, Carsten in der Elst

From Graywacke Offcut Series. Manufactured by Carsten in der Elst . Exclusively for SIDE. Germany, 2023. Greywacke stone, felt. Measurements 33,5 x 39 x 91,5h cm 13,2 x 15,4...

Manufactured by Fango. Colombia, 2023 Yaré fiber and metal structure. Measurements 46 x 56 x 90h cm 18,1 x 22 x 35,4h in Provenance Fango Studio, Medellín, Colombia. Exhibitions Casavells 2023. Concept The Ibuju collection projects the synergy of designing and storytelling, an essential intention of Fango’s creative director, Francisco Jaramillo. The series stems from concern over the indiscriminate logging and overuse of the native woods from the endangered green lung of planet earth, the Amazon, a jungle increasingly fading from the world. Looking for alternatives to build functional furniture in native materials, Jaramillo and the weavers of Fango discovered the renewable Yaré fiber. Yaré is a fiber commonly called “vine", a root that grows around the trunks of trees in the Colombian Amazon. These fibers are used by local indigenous communities in southern Colombia for handcrafted weaving, which inspired Jaramillo to translate the native aesthetics and geometries of primitive wooden...

Dom Hans van der Laan pair of low gray chairs. Executed by Gorisse for a private library. Bergeijk, the Netherlands c. 1979. Pine, steel nails, paint. Color is F2-05-45 from van...

Gray 24 is a wooden dining armchair with an enveloping low backrest in the shape of a semicircle made with slats. The solid wood legs intersect,...