Rock Paper Tree Design specializes in residential and commercial handcrafted pieces. Based in Vancouver, Rahim Tejani leads the creation of sustainable designs which represent the integration of simplicity and nature. The preservation of nature anchors Rock Paper Tree Design’s perspective.

The Companions Bedside Table is designed by Studioilse and manufactured by De La Espada. De La Espada is a design management firm managing De La Espada as well as five other brands. The Companions family of furniture is designed to support daily life. Companions Bedside, available in two heights, is constructed in solid chestnut with a removable cork bowl as storage for private bits.

Kenji Ashizawa built the Drawer Shelf to develop the functionality of furniture in a given space. The sliding motion of the wooden drawers minimalizes the appearance of a large storage space. The rails in the piece are constructed from bent and straight plates. Ordinarily hidden in dresser drawer furniture, the rails in the Drawer Shelf are exposed, highlighting the sliding motion and depth of the piece. Kenji Ashizawa built the drawers to appear as blocks of wood forming a stack of shelves, using the same rails for the box units to slide against one another.

Recognizing the constant overflow of wires on desks and in bags, The Other Edge created Spooled to protect ear buds and organize the cords. Made of silicone, the design mimicks the design of wooden thread spools. By placing the ear buds in the protective center and the jack through the bottom hole, you can securely wind the cord around the outer spool. The jack fits back inside the barrel, effectively solving an irksome mess.

Amy Hunting’s Felt & Gravity Collection became the epicenter of her first solo exhibition in RAMgalleri in Oslo in 2011. Her work reevaluates the three-dimensional form of creation, represented in her pieces whose simple wooden structures display loops of colorful felt. These storage units reveal postulation in the exterior. As stated in the name, the Felt & Gravity Collection uses the gravity of objects, held up by felt, to exemplify the structure’s strength and simplicity.

Florent Bouhey Fayolle, currently a student at École cantonale d’art de Lausanne, created the Sun Container to capture solar energy to store and regularly release heat. The Sun Container is a 120W passive heater, storing heat in the slate fins that later release through the upper vents in the top of the insulating glass cloche.

The Klassiker Chair is Minwoo Lee’s first lounge chair design, built to leave an impression for inhabitants. The bending wood on the back of the chair is ashwood, highlighted with an oil finish. The Klassiker Chair simplicistically offers high quality architecture.

Sebastian Bergne designs objects that innovate while maintaining their functionality. The star, indented with letters that represent that days of the week, rotates to show the day of the month as well as the date. French letters mark one side of the star, and English letters mark the other. The numbers are spaced one centimeter apart, so that the Monthly Measure Calendar works as a metric ruler.

Featured in the 2011 London Design Festival, Dominic Wilcox repurposed an everday object into Paint Brush Coat Hooks.

Pool, a design company currently focused on a collection of furniture, showcased work in the 2011 International Furniture Fair as part of the French Cultural Institute. The role of environmental objects and the multiplicity of design combine as fundamental principals for Pool. The Wryneck Table epitomizes these concepts, highlighting the variation of the hues in the wood with smooth surfaces, contrasted by geometric divets at the base.