*wooden spoons & springtime . . .

a homage to skilled, hand-crafting makers everywhere; among others, kevin henry, sven björn brandelius & georg milde (who also has a birthday today) . . .

300 years of industrial design: function, form, technique | isbn: 0-7136-5038-9 adrian heath, ditte heath & aage lund jensen. in this book, the authors give a clear picture of the relationship between design, materials and the importance of integration between different design disciplines . . .

a book of spoons by jasper morri­son is a unique explo­ration of form & func­tion, exam­in­ing one of human­i­ty’s most essen­tial tools . . .

ferréol babin’s wooden spoons . . .

stian korntved ruud | a year of spoons . . .

tim manney, chairmaker | a collection of old swedish spoons

peter follansbee, joiner | spoons & spoons . . .

“did you know that the ancient greeks only had one word for *wood – hyle (haili) – without making a distinction between the growing forest and the timber used by humans ? aristole used this word to coin the concept of matter, the stuff of which a thing is made. matter is stone, iron, bronze, and everything else – simply materials before they are shaped into a recognizable form . . . ”

an excerpt from, forest times, by uriel orlow . . .

& in french; la forêt suisse | ses racines, ses visages, son avenir . . .