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Plywood Christmas Tree from Buro North

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Australian designers from Buro North Studio created their Green X-Mas Tree by optimizing production, manufacturing, sourcing and shipping for an ecologically-friendly design. The resulting modern tree design has minimal production waste, a flat-packed design and sources locally-sourced plantation pine. Plus, the design is for the long-term and reusable for many years...


The tree is available in three sizes directly from the design studio: Buro North. We are especially fond of the middle-sized tree as we feel it has the best proportions.

Via: Dezeen.

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Comments (7)

Beautiful!! (& very reasonably priced, not taking into account shipping costs from AU...)

posted by Anna at D16 on 2007-12-07 12:18:20
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As much as I like the design and concept, that's a lot of energy getting it here from the other side of the world! But then again, it's no more energy than the ________ you bought that was made in China.

posted by hejiranyc on 2007-12-07 12:28:16
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I think that for small apartment dwellers with a kind of a mod kind of aesthetic, these are not just pretty (which I think they are very, very much) but not hard to store.

posted by Curtis on 2007-12-07 13:27:30
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Wow, I just love these. So much better than the other options, and I think Curtis is right--easy to store.

posted by brittanykate on 2007-12-07 14:29:55
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cute! I see an blank palette waiting for all sorts of crafty touches... paint it! flock it! glue colored baubles to it! my mind is awhirl with ideas for this...want now...

posted by tahitianpearl on 2007-12-07 15:54:31
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shockingly... kind of awesome.

posted by ScottB on 2007-12-07 16:42:49
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why is all of the really great design from abroad? American design seems to be so far behind the rest of the world. What's up with that?

posted by Mason on 2007-12-07 20:40:07
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