This Ash Furniture Collection Was Originally Designed For The Tate Modern & Now You Can Have It In Your Home

London-based social enterprise Goldfinger recently launched its Tate Modern furniture collection which is built from fallen trees at the London Design Festival. The furniture collection was displayed at the Material Matters design fair, and designed in collaboration with architecture studio Holland Harvey and the Tate Modern. The pieces were designed for the gallery’s Corner Cafe.

Designer: Goldfinger x Holland Harvey x Tate Modern

“In collaborating with Holland Harvey and Tate Modern, I think we all saw the wide appeal of the sleek and bold design, the ash rescue story, as well as being able to own a piece of Tate Modern,” said Goldfinger associate Lisa Werner “This is Tate’s first foray into furniture and celebrating their commitment to sustainably-minded partners at the outset is really impactful for the commercial market.”

The collection includes a dining table, bench, and stool. The pieces were built using fallen ash trees, in turn celebrating the delicate and elegant beauty of native British wood. The timber would have been destroyed if Goldfinger hadn’t utilized it. The furniture is available in natural and black ash finishes.

The individual pieces feature an engraving of the coordinates of where the fallen trees once stood. “We love to incorporate this storytelling of the tree’s journey,” said Werner. “It is a Goldfinger signature detail to stamp the GPS coordinates of where the tree once stood into each piece, providing a sense of memory and honor for the tree’s first life.”

Almost 500 trees are felled annually, and most of them end up being burnt. Hence, Goldfinger is making a commendable effort to save these fallen trees by transforming them into furniture, instead of letting them get destroyed. The ash wood was sourced from a timber company called Fallen and Felled, which saves trees that fall because of diseases, urban development, or weather. “This not only saves the tree from being chipped or burned for biofuel, it sequesters carbon and removes the need to cut down forests,” said Werner. “Over 90 percent of Britain’s hardwood is imported, we’re on a mission to reverse that trend and promote the raw materials we have right on our doorstep.”

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This detailed desk design provides privacy while you work, and we wish IKEA got inspired by it!

Ever since work from home became the new norm, I’ve truly been realizing the importance of a great home office! Our home office should possess a nurturing environment that amps up our productivity and efficiency. And one very important element of such an environment is our desk! A good desk helps us work comfortably and effectively. Not only should our desks be clean, but they should also sport an ergonomic design! The Ash Desk by Pavel Vetrov is one such prime example.

Inspired by a visit to a library, Vetrov wanted to design a desk that embodies a modern workplace but also manages to provide privacy – a desk that invites you into your own little world, where your work is at the forefront, and you are completely focused on it. By adding a tissue partition to Ash, Vetrov was able to accomplish this. He was successful in creating “a special atmosphere of isolation”. The center of the tabletop features a cable hole, so cords and cable can be easily stored, without interfering with your work routine. There is also a little hidden compartment below the tabletop, wherein you can easily store your office accessories, documents, files, and other miscellaneous items. When it comes to aesthetics, Ash has an extremely warm and organic feel. Soft lines and dark colors allow it to seamlessly integrate with the interiors of your workspace. The neutral tone of brown used ensures that it doesn’t clash with any other piece of furniture in your home office.

Ash is a sophisticated and delicate piece of furniture that not only rates high on aesthetics but on functionality as well. It’s the kind of desk that will instantly make you feel at ease and allow you to dive headfirst into your work. It provides privacy, and functions as a personal cubicle of your own, no matter where you place it. Vetrov’s Ash is attention-grabbing, but definitely not loud! It just feels right.

Designer: Pavel Vetrov for Zegen Furniture

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Robonaut 2 is the International Space Station's friendly 300-pound killbot android assistant. It's there to assist the team with science experiments and probably capture alien life at the expense of the crew. After being fitted with more heat-sinks to enable its delicate machinery to work for longer, it was given the job of monitoring the on-board air velocity to ensure the humans didn't choke to death. Since it doesn't have legs (they're still being built on the ground), it was only able to monitor the air in the Destiny Laboratory, but the test proved so successful that NASA hopes future robots will take over the more dangerous or mundane elements of space work -- at least until they become self-aware and unionize.

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