British Furniture Designer Sebastian Cox Hails ?Traditional as Radical?
'Traditional as radical' was the title of Sebastian Cox's Master's thesis, and he's revived it for his British furniture design business.
‘Traditional as radical’ was the title of Sebastian Cox’s Master’s thesis in 2010, and it’s a phrase he’s recently revived as the strapline for his British furniture design business. But what does it mean" “I explored coppiced hazel as part of my master’s degree in sustainable design at Lincoln University,” he explains. “I was using this ancient means of woodland management to create contemporary, designed objects with the potential to change the way people engage with the materials they choose to furnish their homes.”
When he was studying, bamboo was all the rage due to its sustainability ? it is fast-growing and self-replenishing, but having grown up amongst British woodlands, Cox couldn’t help but wonder if the trees on our doorsteps couldn’t offer the same environmental credentials. “I can remember thinking, I’m sure coppicing produces the same result,” he says.
Forests in Britain have been coppiced for thousands of years, and whole ecosystems of flowers, insects and birds have evolved to live in these unique habitats. Hazel coppicing involves felling trees every 14 years. They regrow and, as long as they are coppiced, will never die of old age. One fourteenth of the wood is cut each year, so there are always trees ready to ...
‘Traditional as radical’ was the title of Sebastian Cox’s Master’s thesis in 2010, and it’s a phrase he’s recently revived as the strapline for his British furniture design business. But what does it mean" “I explored coppiced hazel as part of my master’s degree in sustainable design at Lincoln University,” he explains. “I was using this ancient means of woodland management to create contemporary, designed objects with the potential to change the way people engage with the materials they choose to furnish their homes.”
When he was studying, bamboo was all the rage due to its sustainability ? it is fast-growing and self-replenishing, but having grown up amongst British woodlands, Cox couldn’t help but wonder if the trees on our doorsteps couldn’t offer the same environmental credentials. “I can remember thinking, I’m sure coppicing produces the same result,” he says.
Forests in Britain have been coppiced for thousands of years, and whole ecosystems of flowers, insects and birds have evolved to live in these unique habitats. Hazel coppicing involves felling trees every 14 years. They regrow and, as long as they are coppiced, will never die of old age. One fourteenth of the wood is cut each year, so there are always trees ready to ...
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