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Kineki Tepoztlán, Tepoztlán, Morelos, Mexico

"Likhoborskie Gate," Moscow, 2005,

Nikolay Polisski creates impressive, handcrafted structures in the middle of Russia's vast landscapes.

His works are built entirely by the area's residents, using local materials, such as branches, trunks and wooden tables. Traditional construction techniques are used as a starting point for the projects.

His work is inspiring not only because of its imposing form, but also because he managed to re-activate a semi-abandoned village through art and architecture, involving residents in the creative process and transforming the region into a sort of open cultural center.

"Bamboo Park," Rattan Bamboo Staircase,

Rattan bamboo staircase with a total length of more than 100 meters and a width of 15 meters. The main body of the stairs uses steel structure, rattan and bamboo.

The rattan and bamboo staircase adopts the ancient Sichuan manual tradition to make and polish, focusing on the application of natural materials and exquisite craftsmanship. 

Rattan and bamboo stairs are usually made with sustainability in mind. Bamboo grows quickly and is renewable, so the use of this stair material helps reduce reliance on limited resources.

"Flow Wall Desk"  

By using a simple yet effective design twist, the Flow Wall Desk transforms itself from a piece of art on the wall, into a functional desk by showing off its unique aesthetics.

L 39.8 x W 22.1 x H 35.8  INCH

L 100  x  W 56   x H 91      CM

Material Use:

Solid Oak-wood

Brass hinges

Screw threads

Brass sleevenuts

Finish: Transparent oil wax

Total weight: 13,7 kg  (30,20 Lbs)

Features brass hinges, providing durability and stability that has a large weight capacity up to 18 kg, 40 Lbs to support your daily use.

LILELO (Little Leisure Lodge), Grazzano Badoglio, Asti, Italy,

Porsche 356 woodframe !

Porsche's first sports cars had aluminum body panels, but it was nature's own lightweight material that made their iconic shape possible.

The Porsche 356 had bodywork that where the panels were hammered and hand rolled into shape, and a wooden frame model was used to ensure everything lined up.

That frame still exists, and is in relatively good condition. It's at the Porsche Automuseum in Gmünd, Austria, where the first Porsche production cars were completed before manufacturing moved to Stuttgart, Germany.

The frame is sometimes called Holzklopfmodell, which is German for "hammered wooden frame," but the frame itself wasn't hammered. Rather, it served as a model the factory workers used for shaping and fitting of the aluminum body panels. It was a time-consuming process that sometimes required multiple attempts to get a door or fender to perfectly fit the frame, which was the exact shape of a 356 body. The process took at least 90 hours, according to Porsche.

Handmade bodywork was primarily a feature of the earliest Austrian-built Porsches. Starting in 1948, Porsche built 52 cars in Gmünd, including 44 coupes and eight convertibles, plus between eight and 10 super light (SL) bodies that were completed by Porsche's racing department in Stuttgart between 1951 and 1952.

When production shifted to Germany in 1949, Porsche switched to steel bodies and mechanized manufacturing processes, leaving hand-formed aluminum for specials like the 16 lightweight 356 America Roadsters. A new wooden frame eventually replaced the original.

Because steel is much harder than aluminum, Porsche started using presses to manufacture body panels, which also allowed it to produce cars at a faster rate. Today, the 356 wood frame remains as a reminder of the automaker's early days.

Happy Labor Day! Here's to celebrating the hardworking folks who make it all happen. Time to relax and recharge!

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Marina Hospital road near Kerala Bank,

Ambalavayal Wayanad