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Living Fossil
Image by BlueRidgeKitties
Ginkgo biloba leaves against the blue sky. This tree is considered a living fossil and has no other living close relatives. (I also have a picture of a fossil.)
There is some controversy over whether it actually still occurs naturally in the wild or just as a cultivated species. It has been cultivated in both Chinese and Japanese temple gardens, where it was encountered by Europeans first recording it in 1690. Some of those trees are thought to be over a thousand years old. Ginkgoes are extremely resilient. Six ginkgo trees were among the few survivors within a 1–2 km radius from the 1945 atom bomb explosion in Hiroshima. Though charred by the blast, they soon sprouted again and are still alive to this day! No wonder this species defied extinction for such a long time.
It is now popular all over the world as a decorative tree. Ginkgo is dioecious, meaning trees are either male or female, and many of the decorative trees are actually cloned or grafted male trees. This is because the seeds of the female trees reek abominably when they rot – very much like vomit or worse. Apparently nobody wants that smell in their yard!
Mazzali: “Krea” bookcase / libreria “Krea”. Living and office area
Image by MAZZALIARMADI.IT
"Krea" is the new program for the living area of Mazzali.
Very high quality content technical characterize the program: a sandwich compound of plywood by 6 cm makes "Krea" a product of absolute value.
A lot of colours, suggesting a freedom in the design that should not be only space but also visual, almost sensory.
And then freedom to create, compose, play with the elements. Krea is solution and innovation, is the new concept of living that Mazzali has been able to interpret with refinement, content and search.
And finally Krea is sustainability: all woods used are from well managed forests for a furniture that increasingly puts sustainable development as a key evolutionary.
TECHNICAL CARD
Side: plywood – 30 mm thick
Shelf: plywood – 30 mm thick
Vertical corner: plywood – 30 mm thick
Back: plywood – 19 mm thick
WOOD
oak and cherry
COLOURS: 116
ENVIRONMENT
wood from well managed forest, low impact and low emission finishing.
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“Krea” è il programma per la zona giorno di Mazzali.
Altissimi contenuti di qualità tecnica caratterizzano il programma: un tamburato di multistrato da 6 centimetri fa di “Krea” un prodotto di valore assoluto.
Infiniti i colori, a suggerire una libertà nella progettazione che non deve esser solo spaziale ma anche visiva quasi sensoriale.
E poi libertà di creare, comporre, giocare con gli elementi. Krea è soluzione ed innovazione, è il nuovo concetto di zona giorno che Mazzali ha saputo interpretare con raffinatezza, contenuto, ricerca.
Ed infine Krea è anche sostenibilità: tutti i legni utilizzati sono a riforestazione programmata per un arredamento che sempre più pone lo sviluppo sostenibile come chiave evolutiva.
MATERIALI
Anta: tamburato con massello di abete da 26 mm
Fianchi: tamburato di multistrato da 60 mm
Ripiani e basamenti: tamburato di multistrato da 60 mm
Schienale: mdf
ESSENZE:
rovere e noce
FINITURE
Laccato 100% acqua, Rovere all’acqua, Decapè, Anticato, Laccato
COLORI: 106
AMBIENTE:
legno a riforestazione programmata, vernici a bassa emissione di solvente.
LIVE EARTH
Image by Luz Adriana Villa A.
For a green planet
487 on Monday, July 9, 2007