31 Wonderful Wood Designs - Stunning Treeations (SUPER GALLERY)

You wood think that with today’s modern innovations and advances in design, products would get more high tech and futuristic looking. While it’s the case sometimes, there is a huge range of designs inspired by elements of nature. The following articles show how raw, exposed wood can lend this aesthic, adding the organic element so many people now seek to integrate in their daily lives.

Furniture & Home Design

Dead Storage - Coffin Cabinets (GALLERY)

These nifty, coffin shaped cabinets can add character and calmness to an otherwise mundane kitchen. Since they don’t have the same efficient storage capacity as regular, rectangle shaped drawers, their… [More]

Storage Puzzles - PLAY! Coffee Table (VIDEO)

The PLAY! Coffee Table by BCSXY is much more than it seems from the outside. The ingenious design allows you to shuffle and move surface panels around, giving you access to sixteen hidden compartments.… [More]

Taking Woodworking to New Levels - Sexy Wood Furniture (GALLERY)

”Would you like to come upstairs and see my wood?” Mario Philippona is inspired by the woman’s form and is interpreting it using undeniably beautiful wood. He recognizes the way women use fashion, fitness… [More]

Space Saving Furniture - Dining Table in a Cube (GALLERY)

Japan is infamous for expensive and limited living space. From the necessity of efficiently utilizing this limited space comes a cool dining table in a cube design by Cube Style. The dining set is cleverly… [More]

From Box to 6 Person Table & Chairs - Mealbox Picnic Table (GALLERY)

The Meal box by Igland Design has 14 pieces stored in a container or “meal box” that assemble into a table and chairs that sits six people. The material used is birch plywood reinforced with carbon fiber… [More]

Stacking Furniture To Save Space - The Tiefschlaf Bed (GALLERY)

The Tiefschlaf Bed is great to have for guests or small rooms. The design reduces the volume to a minimal by eliminating the need for sides or a slatted frame. When not in use, the pieces can be easily… [More]

Convertible Chair Shelves - Power Chair (GALLERY)

This is a piece of furniture that can be three different things, a series of chairs for a family of four whose members are of neatly descending height, a nifty shelving unit with built in coat rack or… [More]

Bent Oak Lounges - Chaise for Two by Matthias Pliessnig (GALLERY)

What happens when you heat up strips of oak with steam and present them to an ultra-talented furniture designer? If you’re lucky enough, the designer is Matthias Pliessnig, and end up with sensuous seating… [More]

Female Form Furniture - The Anthropomorphic Chair

I absolutely love this anthropomorphic chair designed by Sergio Gill. The funky chair which made it to the IWF Design Emphasis Competition, resembles a reclining female figure. Gill used a software program… [More]

Expandable Furniture - Cube 6 (GALLERY)

Designer Naho Matsuno has designed a classic piece of furniture called the Cube 6 made of birch plywood and maple. The cube unfolds into six tiny stools that would be ideal when you have a small group… [More]

Adaptable Furniture - Mass Tables by John Truex (GALLERY)

In a rising trend of furniture that adapts to your needs, designer John Truex has created a collection of expandable slide coffee tables called Mass Tables. The collection is set to be featured at Shelly… [More]

Round Expanding Tables Stays Round - Braun Woodline (VIDEO)

The concept of round tables that can be expanded into larger oval tables isn’t new, but a new table design allows the table to grow without losing its circular shape. The Braun Woodline Expanding Table… [More]

Green Creative Interior Design - Alternating Tread Bookcase Stair (GALLERY)

Interior designers are increasignly looking at stairs for a multi-function creative space saving design. Joining the “Library Staircase” we featured a while back is this eco-friendly stairs design that… [More]

Wooden Taxidermy – Vlaemsch Plywood Trophies (GALLERY)

Do you have a red neck boyfriend who’s set on hanging hunting trophies on your living room wall? It’s time you told him, “Honey, let’s make a compromise. We’re buying plywood game from Vlaemsch."… [More]

Toys

Bringing Back Wooden Toys - Take G Toys (GALLERY)

In the modern age where video games are the hottest birthday presents, and toys seem to be based on cartoons, Take-G Toys continues to produce elaborate wooden toys that are every bit as detailed as their… [More]

Eco-Friendly Toys - Toys R Us Goes Green

Toys R Us is taking a greener approach to appeal to environmentally conscious customers with a launch of a new eco-friendly line of toys. To mark their Earth Day launch, they’ve also recreated their logo.… [More]

Cars

World’s First Wooden Supercar - The Splinter (GALLERY)

I don’t think we will ever see those supercars around, but it is still a unique and innovative car. American designer, Joe Harmon, 27, started the project with other students at North Carolina State University… [More]

Dual Body Wooden Cars - 2 in 1 Convertible Coupe (VIDEO)

An Ukrainian designer named Vasily Lazarenko gave up his regular job to build an ingenious wooden car, a projet that took 1.5 years to complete. What makes this car so unique is that, in addition to being… [More]

Reclaimed Wood Vehicles - Diederick Kraaijeveld’s Wood Cars (GALLERY)

Diederick Kraaijeveld is a self-taught artist who makes cars out of salvaged wood. Kraaijeveld’s cars measure approximately 50 inches and are made of wood he finds during traveling throughout Holland and… [More]

Wooden Cars II - Opel Car Actually Drives (GALLERY)

Seemingly inspired by The Splinter’s wooden concept, a Russian guy transformed his ordinary Opel car into an amazing piece-of-art. A piece of art that you can drive! The guy did an amazing job. Look at… [More]

Handmade Wooden Car - Tryane II

The Tryane II car is the creation of Mr. Friend Wood who spent almost 2,000 hours of work on it. The car weighs 900 pounds (408 kg) is capable of hitting a top speed of 100mph (160 km/h). “I measured… [More]

Ferrari F50 Boat - The Only Ferrari You Can Drive in Venice

Livio De Marchi is a reputed woodworker in Venice, Italy. And he is the only man known in the world able to drive a Ferrari F50 in the channels of Venice. Can you believe this? The trick is that he sculpted… [More]

Other Wood Designs

Hand-Carved Wood Glasses - Urban Spectacles (VIDEO)

Made from such hardwoods as cocobolo, bloodwood, and purpleheart, the glasses from Urban Spectacles are made-to-order, being custom-designed and hand-carved. These pieces of art are real eyeware that will,… [More]

Treehouses on Log Stilts - Zigloo Architecture

This Zigloo home is a new take on a “log house.” Instead of being made up of a series of logs, the small rectangular dwelling is perched atop four sturdy wooden logs. While still just a concept, the… [More]

Wooden Skateboards - Piotr Woronkowicz Laser Etching

These skateboards may not be performance rated but the laser engraved natural wood skateboard exudes artistic style. Piotr Woronkowicz, a Californian artist experimented with CAD technology on these skateboard… [More]

Luxury Bathrooms - Dagobert Throne Toilet (GALLERY)

A toilet fit for a King or Queen. Inspired by Dagobert, the last ruler of the 8th Century French Merovingian dynasty, the Herbeau Creations Dagobert Throne Toilet is a retro-looking piece of bathroom… [More]

Wooden Postcards - DIY Wood Carvings As Mail

Suck UK have done it again with these awesome Wooden Postcards. Made from solid soft wood, you simply carve your own message into the front, then post off as a normal postcard. I think the concept… [More]

Wooden Handbags - Wood You Carry One of These?

TIVI are manufacturers of these really striking and original handbags, the wooden panels are constructed in Sweden and are formed from birch and zebra or ebony veneers depending on the purse.  A satin… [More]

Fake Wood

Fake Wood Floors - Ding300 Rug

If you like the look of hardwood floors but don’t want to sacrifice the comfort a carpet brings to your frosty winter toes, Ding3000 has the ultimate solution! The Pvcfransending rug looks like hardwood,… [More]

Faux Wood Sinks - Bandini’s Ebano Collection (GALLERY)

These gorgeous contemporary washbasins are a treat, and in fact, a trick for the eye. The Ebano collection by designer Marco Pisati, for the Italian Il Bagno Bandini, is in fact sculpted from stone and… [More]