Cameron Barnes Furniture

General information

In a world full of 'things' designed to be used once a thrown away, we picture a different life-cycle for the furniture we design and produce. Using alien timbers, reclaimed glass and other 'waste' materials, and assembled using no nails and no glue, our furniture takes a no-compromise approach to sustainable principles.

The ethic of design for dis-assembly, or 'cradle to cradle' design, means the materials which make up our pieces are able to live through constant cycles of use and adaptation, without down-cycling or effectively meeting their end.

We believe in this enough to say that if a piece outlives its utility, rather than throwing it away, you can bring it back to us and we'll buy back the value of the materials its made with. With a little creative thinking, and no shortage of hard work, that material will leave our workshop in a new form, for a new owner. This creates the closed loop we're aiming for, of use and re-use.

With these environmental principles as an ever-present foundation, each pieces we create attempts to balance functionality, beauty, affordability and sense of fun. Quite a challenge, but we think we can do it.