"I get reclaimed materials from, for example, shipping containers that have been abandoned after the material they were carrying has been removed, or trees that have been cut down for interfering with power lines or even already fallen trees. We are still a wood drying chamber Manufacturers very long way off, but I have noticed that the young crowd in particular pays a lot of attention to going green and being environment friendly when it comes to creating and manufacturing their products. But it’s as a collective ‘frontier forest’ relatively undisturbed by human activity that trees are really powerful. Together they are carbon reservoirs, globally sequestering 830 billion tonnes of carbon and vast incubators of biodiversity; tropical forests house 60-90 per cent of all flora and fauna species. Take away forests and the ecosystem unravels into dust. I hope they can be examples for future generations of designers to live by and make a real change happen in good time," she concludes.. "We are passionate innovators who like to engineer and craft durable, high-quality furniture with a conscious effort for sustaining the environment.
"Moving forward, we are now also looking at the usage of organic threads and fabrics," she says. Using a variety of natural solid woods and veneers, selected by virtue of their colour, strength, hardness, grain patterns and workability, Inliving’s collection ranged from Oak and Ash woods in addition to Mango, Sheesham, Acacia and others. She tells us, "We take a lot of pride in using sustainable methods of work – most of our products are made by hand from start to finish, using techniques such as quilting, zardozi, crewel and more. Our cutting-edge infrastructure, backed with advanced machinery and leading technology, facilitates us to create highly accurate and skillfully engineered products," read their product description."Our commitment to sustainability is not some philanthropic agent or incompatible with our strategy of growing profits. Their infrastructure including 5 axis CNC machinery and a veneering plant, ensure consistency, repeatability and reproducibility. We all talk and discuss climate change and what - if anything - can be done to combat global warming.
There is just no better eco symbol than the tree. And their motto is to work diligently towards reduction of waste and recyclability of products weaved together with intelligent planning that ensure minimum wastage and maximum preservation. But for many of us here, the issue has suddenly become far from abstract. The problem is that wood is rather commonplace, so it’s easy to forget," says Aarti Agarwal of Knock on Wood. They purify water, protect communities from flooding and stabilise hillsides. ‘Think global and act local’," she says and adds, "In many small but important ways we can make a difference - why not start with recycling " Echoing similar sentiments another pavilion also showcased furniture that reflected a deep respect, understanding and reverence for wood. It may be easy to be fatalistic about it, but the truth is that although we humans have caused the problem, we also have the solution. Extreme weather conditions have brought home the fact that our climate is changing - and changing fast.