Being the bike lovers that we are, we were charmed when we caught a glimpse of the Bonobo bicycle by Warsaw designer Stanilav Ploski. Featuring a cutting edge frame, the bike is made with bent plywood hooked together with metal fixtures. By using a special bending process to form the bike, the flexibility of the plywood introduces a new level of comfort and efficiency into the art of cycling.

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Elisa Strozyk‘s Accordion lamp is a sustainable throwback to the folded vintage paper lamps of the 1950s. Created through a collaboration with designer Sebastian Neeb, the Accordian lamp is a modern iteration of the classic lighting fixture. But whereas vintage fifties lamps were mostly made from paper or fabric, the delicate features of the lamp have actually been formed with a new, pliable wood material Elisa Strozyck simply calls “wooden textile”.

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Elisa Strozyk’s pendant lamp “Miss Maple” is a cozy lighting fixture that emits a warm glow as sweet as its bee’s nest-like construction. Built from a “textile” that consists of hundreds of wood triangles fashioned into a pliable textile, Strozyk gives the classic material a modern and pliable twist.

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Miriam Aust’s “Vase & Leuchte” (Vase and Lamp) neatly combines the concept of a vase and a table lamp. The design is a translucent glass vase which contains water, aquatic plants, and a waterproof light bulb. Reminiscent of an aquarium, the lighted vase creates an atmosphere of freshness and lush marine life. Vase & Leuchte was recently on display at Berlin’s 2011 Designmai exhibition, which was set in the hangars of former Tempelhof airport.

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