The ‘Forest Stair’ was designed by Norwegian practice Saunders Architecture and is positioned beyond a series of artist installations along a nature walk.

Open riser stairs made from wood lead to an elevated platform which looks east towards castle rock, offering a new perspective to visitors. at the pinnacle of the structure, a glass balustrade is the delicate barrier between the viewer and the 4.5 meter drop.

Via: Designboom

Read more about the project here

Via: Dezeen

The annual awards recognise, encourage and promote outstanding design, craftsmanship and installations using wood – the most naturally sustainable material, showcasing furniture, small projects, staircases, large-scale public buildings and more.

The main categories of this years Wood Awards are:

» commercial and public access
» private
» small project
» structural
» repair and adaptive reuse
» bespoke furniture
» production-made furniture

With permission from the owner, anyone associated with an eligible building or furniture project can enter.

Visit www.woodawards.com for more information on how to enter, criteria, details on each of the categories, and inspiration.

Via: Dezeen, The Wood Awards

The range of designs is called Extrusion, and the project combines the techniques used to make decorative wooden inlays with those of a lathe-worker.

The constructed block would normally be sliced into thin layers and used to decorate boxes but Malouin freezes the traditional process at this point and hands it over to be turned on a lathe.

Here are some more details from Malouin:

One specific craft interested me, which was intarsia making. Intarsia makers produce amazing wood-inlayed and patterned boxes. These inlays are used only for decorative purposes on the outside of the boxes. I was especially interested in the way in which a thin patterned sliver comes to life from a bigger ‘wooden sushi roll,’ which will be sliced into wafer-thin pieces in order to be inlayed on the exteriors of the wood boxes.

The geometric patterns were very beautiful, but it’s the ‘wood-sushi’ block itself that inspired me the most. I was also interested in using more than one craft, or more than one craftsman in order to realize the final piece. I was introduced to a local lathe-worker and the idea came together: I wanted the intarsia worker to create intricately patterned wood logs to then give to the lathe-worker, who would transform them into objects.

Via: The English Group

Using the latest yacht building methods, they have transformed wooden objects such as puzzles, guitars, chairs, rulers, furniture, picture frames, clothes pegs etc., all donated by people within the UK’s south east region to construct not just any vessel,
but rather a ‘living, floating archive’ of people’s stories and memories.

Between February and August 2011, lone twin invited individuals to contribute to the construction of the massive work, by asking the community to bring in special wooden tokens (ranging in scale and size) which had a story to tell. The result is a 30 ft long yacht which could be considered more a piece of art. ‘The Boat Project’ is one of 12 ‘artists taking the lead’ commissions to celebrate the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad and has been produced in collaboration with Olympic silver medallist Mark Covell and international boat designer Simon Rogers.

The boat just launched on May 7th at Thronham Marina, Chichester, led by captain Mike Barham and a trained crew,  and is making its maiden voyage throughout the south east region this summer.

Following its adventure, it will return to the region and will stand as a permanent resource for the public.

Via: The Guardian, Designboom

“Marbelous Wood challenges the way we use wood in our built environment, where function and aesthetics work together in new ways.

Pernille Snedker Hansen has repurposed an old marbling technique giving wood a supernatural, organic, colorful and vibrant pattern. The applied decoration engages in a dialogue with the natural growth rings of the underlying wood.

Marbelous Wood reveals the mysteries in wood, exposing its story and the immense details embodied in nature.”

Via: Snedker Studio

The timber was completely left in its original shapes and forms and it’s the imperfections and the natural decay of the materials that make this piece so special and unique.

Via: Designboom

Via: The Coolhunter

The central focal point of the home is the open courtyard that sits in the middle of the home and is equipped with a garden and small pond. Sliding windows, doors and bug screens give the home the luxury of privacy and the simple lines of the home contrast with the chaos of the outside urban environment.

Via: The Coolist and Studio Mumbai Architects

The images have all been shot in camera on film stock and there’s no Photoshopping or other manipulation whatsoever – they’re straight out of the camera.

…and perhaps also interesting to know is that Katherine used herself as the model in all of these images.

Via: The English Group