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lays hand carved billboard

Hand Carved Billboard

This billboard for Lays was hand carved in San Francisco over ten days. It's the work of Juniper Park.

The Inspiration Room has a few more pics.

A timelapse video is embedded below:

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wooden watches

Wooden Watches

WeWOOD make wooden watches in woods such as Maple based around a Miyota movement. Natural and chemical free. They'll be planting a tree for every watch sold - cost around USD 119.

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cedar wood cd case

Cedar Wood CD Case

Alaric King has made this cedar wood CD case. Much better than the usual plastic things. Bio-degradable too.

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woody bikes

Wooden Bikes

Woody Bicycles hand make bikes from eco-friendly woods such as oak, mahogany, ash, birch and walnut. Any hardwood used comes from "maintained" forests. They've got a kind 1970s feel to the design - Chopper. Yours for USD 2,500.

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wooden mirror

Wooden Mirror

Daniel Rozin made a mirror out of 830 servo-driven wooden blocks, a camera and some software. It makes a cool sound as the angle of the blocks changes - to change the pixel brightness. This is from 1999 not new…

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newspaper pencils

Pencils From Old Newspapers

Since 1998 TreeSmart have been making pencils out of recycled newspapers. This is such a cool idea! The trees have already been cut down to make the paper for the newspapers - why not re-use instead of cutting down more…

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Arup's Bug Hotel

Arup's Bug Hotel

The Voronoi Diagram appears again in this bug hotel from Arup. Designed for the Beyond the Hive Competition, sponsored by the City of London. The hotel encourages occupancy by all kinds of creepy crawlies, including stag beetles, solitary…

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Cub: solid wood light

Solid Wood Light

This light (called Cub) was designed by Julian Robin. It looks like a solid block of wood until the light is switched on. Then it glows softly and shows shadows of leaves. Lovely. Available from the Hix store for…

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Renovo hardwood bicycles

Hardwood And Bamboo Bicycles

Renovo, based in Portland, makes bicycles with hollow wood and laminated bamboo frames. The R4 Pursuit is made from black walnut and Port Orford cedar. The laminated bamboo frame is called The Panda. Why wood and bamboo? It's…

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