The Ydin burned wood edition stool, by Franck Divay of Inoow Design, combines Italcementi ultra high performance concrete (UHPC) with ash. The ash legs have been charred - Yakisugi, a traditional Japanese method of wood preservation using fire to burn wood - to turn them black and enhance their surface. Photo courtesy of Inoow Design.
Superleggera chair, by Gio Ponti for Cassina, 1957, in lacquered ash. After years of design refinement the wood frame was paired down to a minimum weight of just 1.7 kg
The floor in Copenhagen Airport, by Vilhelm Lauritzen Architects and produced by Hørning uses a mix of oak, ash, jotoba and bilinga in patterned blocks.
Terminal 3 Copenhagen Airport, Denmark, designed by Vilhelm Lauritzen Architects, built 2020, featuring European ash wood lamellas and in-situ cast concrete
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