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At the Designersblock exhibition during last month’s London Design Festival, Tokyo designer Chicako Ibaraki displayed the Hollow stool, Weave bookshelf and Line light (above).

Above: Line light and Hollow stool

Line is a floor-standing LED lamp with an acrylic diffuser, inspired by a shaft of light peaking through the opening of a small window.

Above: Weave bookshelf

Weave bookshelf is made of rubber-painted interlocking steel bars which Ibaraki says can hold up to 200 books.

Hollow is a simple fibre-reinforced plastic stool.

Here are the details from Ibaraki:

Line
Design: Chicako Ibaraki

I saw a line of light shine in, through a small window.
It was simple, clear and sharp. The room’s stillness was created by the light.
I wanted to capture the line of the light.

The light source is an LED lamp it makes the whole diffuser glow.
The high luminescence provided by the LED lamp output allows for lower power consumption and creates a more sustainable light’s life.

Line / floor light
Material: acrylic diffuser with metal base,
Size: W400*D400*H1400

Weave
Design: Chicako Ibaraki

Two flat bars running perpendicular at right angles create a bookshelf. The irregular braiding shape changes when viewed from different angles.

This bookshelf made of rubber painted stainless steel. Rubber paint prevents slipping books. The bookshelf make it possible to put 200 books.

Weave / bookshelf
Material: rubber painted stainless steel
Size: W380*D380*H1600

Hollow
Hollow / stool /

Material: painted fiber reinforced plastic

Size: W430*D430*H430

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Our interview with two Wharfside furniture designers on what being truly “green” means to them

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Flip open nearly any magazine these days and you’re sure to find at least one story touting the latest sustainable products. From bamboo cutting boards to wall coverings made from recycled materials, there’s no shortage of “green” furnishings aimed at relieving guilt of daily modern life. While awareness of the need to consume in more environmentally-friendly ways has never been higher, for many the very idea calls into question what sustainable design really is.

In an attempt to sort out where marketing phrases end and real progress begins, we teamed up with Wharfside, a sustainable furniture company based in London. Checking in with designers from two of Wharfside’s eco-friendly lines, Jacob Strobel of the Team 7 collection and Ebbe Gehl of Naver, the two shared insights on how the company manages to remain at the forefront of environmental manufacturing while keeping design fresh at the same time.

With sustainability a top priority at the company, Gehl shared how their material selection process goes beyond surface level. The Naver designer explains that sustainability isn’t just about the type of wood used, but also about how a designer uses it. Good design—”where function and shape melt into harmony”—only comes from “deep respect and knowledge about the materials involved,” which plays a role from the inception of the product to final prototyping stage. The result, as Gehl sees it, is meaningful design that will last for generations, expressing “[a designer’s] personality and [his] own time” rather than “just careless riding on the wave of the latest trend.” As the Wharfside site reads, “nothing is less ecological than a product with a short shelf-life.”

Like the challenge of design that will remain relevant for generations, the task of balancing sustainability with innovation is extremely important to the company but isn’t an easy feat. Wharfside welcomes the constraints however, as Team 7’s Jacob Stroebel explains, “In design you always have to face specification and targets, and it makes you think out of the box. If the box is to protect the environment, the motivation to achieve that task is even higher.” His particular approach—he cites a recent 100% lambswool handle inspired by his kids’ fascination with felting and the seal of a jar—comes from “all sorts of impressions I get in my daily life.”

In addition to their internal commitment to sustainable design principles, Wharfside has a similar belief when it comes to their partner factories and designers. The brand only works with factories throughout Europe that exercise the same values, as well as only chooses designers who practice the same philosophy of progressive design within sustainable products.

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