British designer Max Lamb was inspired by a tree in his grandfather's house in Yorkshire for his latest project, appropriately titled My Grandfather's Tree; ‘born’ in 1822 the ash tree was so tall, the designer explains, that you could see York Minster, 25 miles away, from the top of it

英国设计师马克斯·兰姆(Max Lamb)在他祖父位于约克郡的花园里的一棵树的启发下，完成了他最近的一个项目-名为“我祖父的树，恰如其分”(My祖父‘s Tree)，本周

这棵树是一棵雌性灰烬树，出生于1822，如此高大，设计师解释说，从山顶可以看到离他祖父家25英里远的约克大教堂。在2009，树开始腐烂，有必要把它拿下来，启发羔羊给它一个新的生活和形状与诗意构思的家具项目。

这位设计师说：“被砍倒的树的典型来世是非常可悲的。”他解释说，一棵老树的命运通常是木柴。“这些令人难以置信的自然结构迅速而悲惨地结束了，浪费了如此美妙的材料，其中蕴藏着如此巨大的潜力。”

为了给这棵树提供一个设计主导的来世，兰姆与树木外科医生乔恩·特恩布尔(JonTurnbull)合作，后者以一种尊重树的结构、树枝、结和钩子的方式将它切开。兰姆解释说：“我希望这棵树能与木材保持完整，并保持其187个年轮所讲述的故事。”这些年轮给了这棵树的历史一个很好的证明，不仅说明了它的生长，而且还说明了它每一个时代的湿度和温度，它生长的方向和每个生长年份的气候条件。

合作的结果是收集了131件，包括凳子、小桌子和椅子。兰姆说：“通过合作学习是我工作的本质，也是我说的语言。”兰姆的工作经常受到他学习的工匠、工程师和制造者的启发-在这个例子中，特恩布尔帮助他理解手头的材料。

羊肉节的参与包括另一个与木材有关的项目。他与Benchmark的合作还观察了一棵树的生命周期，将其分割成不同的方向，使用树干上的单一木板创建长表。这两个项目都突出了设计师在木材领域工作的天赋，为他敏锐的工匠的感性提供了证据。

In 2009 the tree started to rot and it became necessary to take it down, inspiring Lamb to give it a new life and shape with a furniture project

The result of the collaboration between Lamb and tree surgeon Jon Turnbull is this collection of 131 pieces, which includes stools, small tables and chairs

The pieces are on show in a poetic display at Somerset House, as part of the venue's London Design Festival offering

‘Learning by collaborating is the essence of what I do and the language I speak,’ explains Lamb, whose work is often inspired by the craftsmen, engineers and makers he learns from

Each piece comes with a tag referring to its original position on the tree's trunk

Turnball's sensitive sectioning of the tree was integral to Lamb's vision; ‘I wanted the tree to remain integral to the wood and to maintain the story told by its 187 annual growth rings,’ the designer explains

Each of the logs was polished to give it an essential functionality, and otherwise left in its raw state

keywords:London Design Festival, Max Lamb, Furniture design

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