Wood Art

Chaiwood: Handmade Leather Stool

Taiwan-based designer Chen-Hao Hsu, founder of Chaiwood, has knit wood stool together by leather and named it “Family Stools”. Spoken in Taiwanese, “Family Stools” sounds like the meaning in “Wait here”, inferring the stools are like family...

2016-12-31

Lumber 11

Fast growing technology accelerates the pace of our daily life. Huge volume of information seemly suppresses our...

2016-12-29

‘The Smile’ by AHEC

Alison Brooks Architects and Arup paves the way forward for the use of hardwood CLT in the construction industry ‘The Smile’, a spectacular, curved, tubular timber structure measuring 3.5m high...

2016-11-01

The Historical Vein of Western Classical Architecture

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2016-04-04

Kolman Boye Architects, Benchmark, and AHEC collaborate to create a unique food delivery experience for Wallpaper* Handmade in Milan

American cherry makes a comeback at Salone del Mobile 2015 in Milan The American Hardwood Export Council (AHEC)...

2015-07-02

The Maloofian Cradle Challenge

By Greg Niederhaus The powers that be at interwood never cease to augment my woodworking skills. I love working with them because the job is all about woodworking...

2014-09-05

Denmark furniture "dk3" in Taiwan

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2014-01-03

HDG Furniture Design Newcomer Award Competition at YODEX

HDG has done it again! This is the woodworking academy that teaches students from all walks of life how to work with solid wood and stretch the limits of their imaginations. This year, the Fifth Nationwide HDG Furniture Design Newcomer Award was held on May 18...

2013-07-01

Mr. Niels Roth Andersen's visiting to Taiwan.

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2013-02-01

FINN JUHL the Centennial Exhibition for a Danish Design Master

Held from April 26th to September 28th, 2012 at the Seoul Daelim Museum of Modern Art (Daelim Museum, Seoul). The article is published in "interwood 339 issue" Please contact us for complete content. email: woodwork@ms14.hinet.net...

2012-10-05

Emulating Esherick

/ Report & photoby Greg NiederhausThis article will require at least two segments... I have worked with interwood for about 5 years now as an editor, but concurrently stayed busy with my own...

2012-08-06

Final results of the achievements at HDG

At HDG, it is the combination of passion for wood, learning and sharing which flow together to nourish the great...

2012-08-03

2012 The 4th Nationwide HDG Furniture Design Newcomer Award

2012 The Fourth Nationwide HDG Furniture Design Newcomer Award Competition was held on May 20, 2012. When the three professors and experts on-site completed their assessments and interviewed the contestants, the results were officially released.Gold Award - N/ASilver - M-chairBronze - Bamboo Weaving ChairHonorable mention- Tanciu...

2012-07-02

The Charm of Handmade Pipes

by Yu-ting Chang / Savinelli image provided by/Tom EltangAs a child watching Popeye cartoons, I never understood why he always had a pipe in his...

2012-06-04

HDG's New Designer Awards: Furniture Design Competition Highlights

Report by Greg Niederhaus, Cheng Ching-wenFor thirty years, the Young Designers Exhibition (YODEX) has provided a platform for emerging designers to show their creativity, interact, observe and explore the outstanding design talent of their community. The "HDG New...

2011-07-01

Hans J. Wegner

- Talent and craftsmanship - The breakthrough - A theme with variations - Developing and experiencingThe completed editorial (in traditional Chinese) is published in interwood 324 issue.Please contact us for the full content. FAX +886-4-23229780 EMAIL woodwork@ms14.hinet.net...

2011-07-01

Slipping out of Modern Shackles to Unite with Nature- HDG Provides the Venue

/Report by Greg NiederhausTo see more of this outstanding woodwork from HDG, please visit our album: [ more photos ]Last year at this time interwood reported on the budding HDG Academy of Traditional Woodworking. Back then there were a mere fifteen students who ventured to step out of the shackles of modern society and surpass their...

2011-03-01

Wellwood Møbler Gallery - Testament to the Inaugural Exhibition of PP Møbler in Taiwan

** Genesis - Origination of Eco & Living ArtThe E-invitation to this event depicts respect for the environment. On a warm summer morning as one...

2010-09-01

A View of the Achievements at HDG

/Report by Zoe Lin /Translated by Greg NiederhausWe made our way out of the drizzling Taipei metropolis and headed to the mountainous outskirts of the city. As the high-rises got smaller, we found ourselves on the rural county of...

2010-08-05

The HDG Furniture Award

HDG is an academy in Taiwan dedicated to the teaching of traditional woodworking. Founded by Professor Lin Tong Yang, the academy holds an annual competition for furniture design, of which its own students and anyone else is...

2010-07-05

The HDG Foundation - Reviving the Zen of Wood (Part II)

/ Report by Greg-Niederhaus-Last month wfd focused on the awesome collection PP Mobler furniture amassed by Professor Lin Tong-yang at his showroom in Taipei. Humbled by the precision of the joinery, the elegance of the design, the curves, ergonomics and flow of each piece; there's no doubt...

2010-01-08

Fisker

Fisker's 50 Years at PP Møbler On the 20th of March 2004, PP Møbler's legendary Master of Crafts, Henry Fisker could celebrate 50 years at PP...

2009-04-17

Creating Taiwan Wood Furniture

Invited by Taiwan Furniture Association, the HDG Foundation joined the 2009 Taipei International Furniture Exhibition which is held during March 20-23 with a special...

2009-03-30

Office Desk with Fish Aquariums

Preface The Taiwanese are among the hardest working people of the world in terms of working hours. On...

2008-06-30