"I take a rough and massive beam, disassemble it into fine parts, and assemble a new entity from them."
A dresser designed by Gila Babich (Photo: Hadar Dolan)
Wood is one of the primary and most common materials in home design, and in recent years it has also gained great popularity - especially in its bright and natural appearances, which characterize popular design styles such as Scandinavian design and boho-chic.
But because it is truly one of the most distinct basic materials, there is almost no design style that does not make use of it.
Wood is a natural and warm material, it is flexible on the one hand and strong on the other.
And that's what makes it so versatile.
In honor of Tu Bashvet - aka Ilan's birthday (or Rosh Hashanah for Ilanot), we gathered local designers and artists who work with him as closely as possible and do real magic with him: lighten and pierce it, crease it, bend and twist it, cut grooves in it and round it into shapes and useful works.
Frill Furniture Studio |
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The cuts make solid wood transparent.
A solid wood table with a lace look by Gila Beach (Photo: Hadar Dolan)
"I really like solid wood, but it is a material that has a tendency to be heavy," says Gila Babich, a furniture designer and carpenter who owns Frill Furniture Studio.
"To create light furniture, I pierce them. Each item in my collection includes a "cutout" consisting of two thin layers of wood with cuts. The cuts make solid wood transparent. They create a play between light and shadow, between visible and hidden, like a paper cut-out or a lace curtain. They create a glimpse into what is beyond, and a glimpse is an intriguing thing."
During the last design week in Milan Beech presented her collection of wood carvings as part of SaloneSatellite in the Milan design week, where young and promising creators and designers are presented.
"I connect to the physicality of the process in which I take a rough and massive beam, break it down into fine parts, and assemble a new entity from them," says Babich.
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Bar Gantz
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Bar Gantz is an industrial designer who, under the BOW brand, creates furniture and home decor items using traditional techniques of steam bending wood.
Gantz works with natural wood, which she bends and twists, sometimes in several different directions, and creates items that have movement.
Among her works you can find: mirrors, racks, lighting fixtures and clocks.
WOOD COUTURE |
Neta Ashari
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The designer and craftsman Neta Ashari makes furniture from wood veneer (veneer) which she paints by hand.
The result is furniture whose depth of flesh folds within it layers of color and movement.
With the help of this technique, she produces under her own hands a variety of items ranging from chairs and shelves to small and useful items such as bowls, wooden pots and more.
turning wood into textile |
Tessler-Mendlovitch Studio
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The designer duo Tessler + Mandelovitz specialize in the development and production of wooden textiles processed into luxury products for the automotive, interior, architecture and fashion fields.
In addition to being flexible and strong, the wooden textile is used as a sustainable building material, all of Tessler + Mandelovich's production works with a zero-waste method.
Among their outstanding products you can find wavy wall coverings with geometric patterns, acoustic panels, geometric furniture and even wooden clutch bags.
COZI studio
Yuval Carmel and Ofir Zandani
Yuval Carmel and Ofir Zandani are a duo of industrial designers who stand behind the COZI studio brand that specializes in lighting fixtures by bending and creasing wood.
Their work combines traditional production techniques with advanced technology.
"Our collection is characterized by a unique morphology, which is achieved through manipulations of traditional materials, extreme techniques and innovative technology."
In their works, they manage to produce wooden lighting fixtures in such a soft form that the pieces of wood resemble delicate handkerchiefs or a kind of ghosts floating in space.
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