Is it a lamp or is it a puzzle? Spotted at ICFF during New York Design Week, At Labo’s beguiling veneer lamps resemble wooden orbs, but bat one a bit with your hand and you’ll see that they ...

which has a solid wood base created from a knot-free block of solid pine timber. The Hoop table lamp is topped by a pine veneer shade that’s cut thin enough to allow a glow of light through.

It can be used to provide emergency lighting The designers envisage the lamp to be used in Japanese ... It is available in three different wood veneers and comes in various sizes.

“There is a lot more use of wood in nontraditional applications,” says Ng, a former graphic designer who creates lamps out of strips of maple or walnut veneer that are then woven into braided ...

There are still too many of us that believe that solid wood is better than veneer when it comes to furniture. Today, more than ever, this idea couldn’t be further from the truth. Veneers offer ...