Dandelion or formally Taraxacum officinale is well known weed. It can be seen everywhere – at the roadside, in the grassland and the lawns. In the past it was said that dandelion is an enemy of married women since reportedly it made men cheating on their wifes. Our great-grandfathers knew that dandelion’s features included its [...]
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Blog ekologiczny o ekologii i eco designie
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About dandelion with a grain of salt ;)
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Magnificent cork.
Cork oak is unusual tree whose more than a half population can be found in Portugal and Spain. One of the advantages of this tree is that it doesn’t need to be chopped down in order to acquire the cork, because it is made of the bark without harming the tree. Every year the bark [...] More
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Fragility frozen in depth.
For ages gold was a symbol of power, good fortune and wealth. Golden items underlined social status and prosperity of the owner. High value and limited acces to this ore had significant impact on gilding – a proces of covering goods with gold. Thrones or painting frames, coverd with thin layer of this valuable metal [...] More
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Creating a child’s world – the role of facial dialog
When building the world around us we want our nearest space to have positive influence on our health and well-being. Workplace, house, apartment or room – while arranging them we take into account both beauty and functionality. And when a child appears in our world, we do our best to adjust the world to support [...] More
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Oakwood
Since ages oak has been considered a symbol of great strength. This is proven e.g. by the fact that in Rome oak leaf wreath was a head decoration not only for Caesars, but also of other victorious leaders. It was believed that oak had magical power. Oak is first of all heavy, hard and of [...] More
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Look for the unual in the nature
Uniqueness is desirable. Exceptionality is admired. Uncommon beauty makes us stop for a moment to contemplate it. When it comes to the kingdom of animals, our attention is drawn by those species that are not found in our surroundings. This is exactly the case of one of the rarest animals on earth. Beautiful, majestic and [...] More
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Material of the future – Tyvek my love!
While observing the market of innovative materials, we came across a fabric with a surprising structure. At the first glance it looks like a piece of crumpled paper, but it is only an illusion. In fact it is the so-called Tyvek, i.e. material invented in 1955 by an American company DuPont. This invention, as in [...] More
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Water-based varnish – safety and comfort of use above all
When creating our lamps we focused especially on selecting the right varnishes, to make sure they can be used also by the youngest ones and by allergy sufferers. We would like to clear all doubts and fears related to the safety of having contact with varnished wood surface. The lamps have been covered with a [...] More
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Ambience created with light
Since the beginning of our planet light has been our ally. Without it life would not exist in form we know now. Light gives life, regulates our activity cycles and even influences our health. Its intensity, colour or angle of incidence have a significant impact on our internal state. A well selected lighting may magically [...] More