Tuesday 6 August 2013

Award winning eco deisgn

The wooden chair Siro+ by Woodnotes Finland was honoured with the Interior Innovation Award in 2013 at IMM Cologne. The multipurpose chair can be used as a dining chair, night table or bench.
Design Ilkka Suppanen and Raffaella Mangiarotti




Woodnotes is a fantastic company, they are modern contemporary but still using natural products.



Woodnotes is a Finnish design company founded in 1987 by textile designer Ritva Puotila and her son Mikko Puotila. The company is still owned by its founders.
The original concept behind Woodnotes products was to combine artistic creativity inspired by Finland’s rugged nature with advanced technologies to shape of Finnish raw materials: wood and paper.  Woodnotes is the first company in the world to use paper yarn in a contemporary way in functional textiles. Ritva Puotila wanted to use paper yarn because of its properties – to make the most of its unique characteristics, not as a substitute for other materials.
The Woodnotes collection, which has expanded over the years from carpets made from paper yarn to a comprehensive concept, is augmented every year with new, relevant, and innovative products.
Woodnotes products are recognised around the globe for their elegant design and superior quality. The company currently exports 70% of its production to over 40 countries. Woodnotes products are sold at higher-end interior design and design retailers.
Woodnotes products have won numerous international awards

"Environmental concerns play a central role in all of our production activities and those of our partners as well. The paper yarn used by Woodnotes has been spun from durable heavyweight paper that can be recycled or burned to produce energy. Our products are biodegradable. Our white paper is produced without the use of chlorine gas, and the dyes used to colour our yarn contain neither halogen-organic compounds nor heavy metals. Woodnotes and our partner companies are continuously searching for new methods to improve our ecological competitiveness"

Check out their website ;  

http://www.woodnotes.fi/

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