INSPIRE / SHOWCASE

Nendo's "Bamboo Steel Chair" uses bamboo handicraft techniques but manages to create a hard metal sense of pilancy.

Steel bamboo at Milan2011

A new range of furniture makes optimal use of bamboo as material while also employing local artisans from an Indian village.

Benefitting from bamboo

A bar made of bamboo in Vietnam not only uses low cost materials but also looks like a great place to have a drink.

Bamboo bar

Layered in 80 000 bamboo skewers, your belongings are sure to be safe in the Magistral Cabinet.

Boxes of bamboo

A bamboo bicycle is souped up with a small motor, resulting in a sustainable alternative to urban mobility.

Bamboo electric

What looks like a giant tree house in the middle of a city is a very sustainable apartment block in Mexico.

Tree house

At the Milan Furniture Fair Yii Design explores the synergy between craft and design on the streets of Taiwan.

The streets of Taiwan at Milan2011

A 100% silk covered chair sounds like the ultimate luxury. That, and it’s promoting traditional Taiwanese craft.

Perfect harmony

More Showcases

Bookish

Showcase

Calling all book lovers! Take a look at this collection of interesting and alternative bookcases.

Highlights from Milan Design Week 2011

Showcase

Looking back at some of the highlights of the 2011 Milan Design Week when the International Furniture Fair celebrated its 50th anniversary.

Bam boom

Designers are waking up to the possibilities of bamboo as a highly versatile material with countless applications.

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Product Design

Sustainable Design

From bicycles to bars, bamboo is increasingly becoming the material of choice in various applications.

In addition to being natural, bamboo is durable, flexible, functional and one of the fastest growing plants on earth, making it the ideal material for craft, furniture design, industrial design, transport design and more.