OAKLAND — A traditional ribbon cutting would not do for Flax art store’s entry into the East Bay on Thursday. Instead, two people sawed through a titanium bar. When the bar dropped and the sparks went ...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwired - Jun 7, 2013) - FLAX art & design (www.flaxart.com), family-owned and operated since 1938, celebrates 75 years as San Francisco's oldest locally-run supplier of ...

In the design and lifestyle sector, the structural performance of a material is not necessarily the most important factor in its selection. Visual appearance is key and, as flax and hemp material ...

Kyiv design brand Faina looked to traditional local materials for items of furniture made from clay, wood, willow and flax that tell the story of Ukraine's design roots. Cabinets with doors crafted ...

In early 2010, Dutch designer Christien Meindertsma became interested in flax. So she approached a local farmer, Gert-Jan van Dongen, and asked him to sow flax seeds on a farm in his field. By the ...

Akonite is a company specialising in sporting goods. From design to the ride, its founder and designer Alexandre Fougea creates highly technical and stylistically radical products. When he was still ...

Hong Kong's Studio RYTE has developed a modular seating design made from flax fibre that can be broken down into three stackable segments for easy transport and storage. In this way, the designers ...