Designer Anastasiya Koshcheeva makes lounge chair out of tree bark


Russian-born designer has used birch bark - a material she says is ripe for revival - to create a lounge chair and ottoman


Wood has been used to make furniture since time immemorial, but tree bark is not often seen as a viable material.

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According to Anastasiya Koshcheeva, a Russian designer from Siberia, who now lives in Berlin, bark is one material we should be using more of.

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Koshcheeva recently made a lounge chair out of birch tree bark, which she says is 'flexible, soft, water-repellent and antibacterial, but also breathable, durable and strong'.

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However, despite these unique characteristics, the material often gets forgotten, says Koshcheeva.

Called Sibirjak, the lounge chair deals with the question of how to reinterpret an age-old tradition and also how to make the conventional handcraft up-to-date.

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According to Koshcheeva, 'the chair and ottoman combination emphasises the material aesthetics, combining traditional skills with modern processing. The horizontal alignment of the bark underlines the leather-like properties of the material, is welcoming and offers a wide comfortable seat. The textile details and the reduced geometric frame form a strong contrast to the natural birchbark.'








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