Saturday, February 10, 2007

Eco-Friendly Furniture

A new wave of style-conscious, eco-friendly furniture lines is quickly expanding the options for those who want their couch to be green without actually being, well...


iannone:design is a Philadelphia-based firm whose eco-friendly furniture line includes this kirei-board coffee table. (Kirei is sustainably produced from sorghum stalks.)


Brooklyn-based Scrapile offers furniture, like this dining table, made from collected and repurposed wood scraps.




And the list goes on: MIO, a Philadelphia-based firm, offers wallpaper, lighting, and furniture chosen for their sustainability, both environmental and social, in design and manufacture. Uhuru, a Brooklyn-based design-and-build furniture company, is based on the same green business model. San Francisco-based Rhubarb Decor touts itself as "aesthetics with ethics." Catchy.

1 comments:

nelson said...

We are a high end furniture manufacturer looking to move into the green or organic / "eco-friendly" furniture space and become certified sellers of this type of furniture. We are just beginning our search and need a good and reliable source or sources (suppliers) of materials...

These include:

Sustainable wood / hardwood
Soy glue
Latex
Organic foam
Sustainable metal springs, etc.

If you are or know of a great source for these items, please let us know.

Thanks in advance!

Nelson
npworldwide@gmail.com