Eye-Catching Wooden Design with a recent Language: Creek Armchair
Finalist within the 2012 “Wood Awards” organized by the Swiss Association of Carpenters and Craftsmen, the theory behind Creek Armchair is to manufacture a wooden design with a modern language. In step with designer Sandro Lopez (whom we interviewed a long time back on Freshome), the continual presence of wood in our living environments throughout history is end result of the its interesting characteristics and qualities, its aesthetic beauty, its warm feel, its mechanical features and its environmental advantages.
But most of all what has really permitted wood to be the cloth of choice for designers and inventors, is its ability to evolve to every era’s zeitgeist and aesthetics. Today, with the arrival of data technology, once more designers and creators are using techniques on the way to cross over the space between the conventional world of woodworking and the contemporary reality of the digital. The Creek armchair is born on this context. Created using engineered Beech wood, the design has a special appearance and might make for a good addition in any contemporary decor. [Photos and data provided via e-mail by designer Sandro Lopez]