AHEC_SEA

News and views on American hardwood architecture and design across Southeast Asia

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Designer Jarrod Lim has made small living functional and beautiful in #Americanredoak
See more IFMAC 9-12 October. @JIExpo Kemayoran B3-J01.

#Indonesiandesign #Asiandesign #Americanredoak #sustainable #design #architecture #Jakarta

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Sustainability matters. Globally, up to 1.6 billion people, including many of the poorest communities on the planet, rely on forests and forest species for subsistence, livelihoods and income generation. Learn more: https://t.co/ZAeYCcmx1b #ForestsPeoplePlanet #WWD2021

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Learn what Frank Miller Lumber is doing to help ease your concerns regarding climate change. https://t.co/8ve0JQBCbo

#AmericanHardwood #ClimateChange #Sustainable #ForestProducts #RealWood #Environment

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Sizar Alexis is a Swedish-Iraqi product and furniture designer and one of 20 young designers selected to participate in ‘Discovered’, with @wallpapermag and @designmuseum

Image: Pilier Series
#AHEC #discoveredglobal #designersfortomorrow @ahec_europe @ahec_sea @sizar-alexis

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Josh Krute is a young designer participating in ‘Discovered’, with @wallpapermag and @designmuseum
His Kuulas chair takes cues from Japanese and Danish furniture, created from American ash

#AHEC #discoveredglobal #designersfortomorrow @ahec_europe @ahec_anz @josh_krute

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The K cabinet by Huyen Trang Nguyen. This young designer from #HCMC #Vietnam will participate in our collaboration with @wallpapermag and @designmuseum this year.
#AHEC #discoveredglobal #designersfortomorrow #Americanredoak #Americancherry #Americanmaple #Vietnamesedesign

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Designer Pallavi Dean @designbyroar sphere chair is created entirely from American tulipwood - a species that is increasing in volume by 21.8million m3 each year in the US hardwood forest.

#sustainable #sustainabledesign #womenindesign

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The Meraki Day Bed in American maple by @wiid_design fuses a classic African aesthetic with modern geometric shapes. This day bed has the same carbon footprint in its entire life as a South African adult creates in just 7 days

#sustainable #traditional #beautiful

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‘Stripped’ by @gregnatale is created from charred American red oak + brushed tulipwood with a white dust finish and brass detail. The same carbon footprint in its entire lifetime that the average Australian produces in less than 2 days

#sustainable #glamour #furnituredesign

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American hardwoods are graded by hand. Care is taken to categorise each board based on the size and number of pieces that can be obtained when it is cut up and used.

#timber #quality #sustainable #furniture #design #flooring #interiors #architecture

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Wallpaper* and AHEC present Discovered – a platform to promote and support design’s next generation in partnership with the Design Museum. Find out more https://t.co/UGVnlmiUd3 and follow us to discover the designers chosen in your region

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The best online resource to help you make an informed choice about American hardwood species is now available in multiple languages https://t.co/gEJ6Tb6OjB

#designinspiration #hardwoodgrading #UShardwoodspecies #environmentaldata #sustainability #Americanhardwoods

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Winner of the Honourable Prize (functionality) in the Hoa Mai Furniture Design Competition, the SmartDesk by Hanoi Architectural University’s Nguyen Thi Kim Thoa is all about contrast.⁠⠀
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Solid and thin, bar and… https://t.co/8l0jFtgJf6

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Vietnam’s University of Industrial Fine Art has provided some outstanding entries into the Hoa Mai Furniture Design Competition, including BÈO by Vũ Thành Nam – the winner of the Intermediate Group.⁠⠀
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Exploration… https://t.co/UwV1u459be

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‘Lagom’ translates in Swedish to ‘just enough’ – but in the eyes of the Hoa Mai Furniture Design Competition judges it was more than enough to be a finalist. ⁠⠀
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Designed by Nguyễn Duy Trí of Ton Duc Thang… https://t.co/VFBvlMahXI

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Another of the finalists in the Hoa Mai Furniture Design Competition, revealing Vietnam’s next generation of talented furniture designers is “The hundred knot bamboo” by Nguyen Thanh Nam. Based on a Vietnamese fairy… https://t.co/MxMaLIvJaP

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The American hardwood forests are diverse and so too are each species.⁠⠀
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Take American tulipwood for example. It formed the basis of the Maggie’s Centre by dRMM and Arup in Oldham, England, being the first… https://t.co/3W4xa9ERgv

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Timber is fast becoming the go-to for architects working on a grand yet grounded scale. Three significant sporting venues demonstrate the growing importance of timber in community structures. ⁠⠀
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The recently… https://t.co/AWtjBhaJle

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Understanding the true environmental impact of design is complex task so over the coming week we are going unpack the various ways this is measured and what can be done in striving for carbon neutrality.⁠⠀
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The… https://t.co/GZA0SOFCtj

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Dew, by María Soriano Rementería - an anatomised structure that adapts to the configuration of each new home, made from American red oak.⁠⠀
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One of the finalists in the Toca Madera furniture design competition to… https://t.co/A5KVE2qYgq

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Bailarinas, by Sergio Rodríguez Casado - a console table with spinning tops designed for the reception area, made from American red oak.⁠⠀
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One of the finalists in the Toca Madera furniture design competition to… https://t.co/cEOjpzxwlD