Oak wood | Team cooperation project | 2025
Obnova
As one of the leading solid-oak furniture manufacturers in the Balkans,
GIR produces high-quality furniture rooted in craftsmanship but its pro-
duction process generates valuable wood residue that often remains
unused. In response, GIR challenged participants of a Design Residency
Program for young designers in Belgrade to create a solution that repur-
poses this residue oak material in a meaningful way, aligning with the
company’s values of sustainability, functionality, and design excellence.
Obnova is a modular element that transforms parts of GIR‘s industrial residue into a
purposeful, elegant solution for modern urban gardening. Its self-assembly structure
allows for small packaging, and easy at-home construction, creating an atmosphere
of well-being in any indoor space. The organic form picks up on the forests characte-
ristic of Serbia. The structure is made up of three bent legs made from wooden slats
and a centerpiece consisting of three wooden blocks that allow for different sizes of
pots, depending on the position. Residue oat blocks from GIR’s furniture production
are used to make the dowels which result in a playful detail. The modules can sta-
cked with dowels and combined in different ways, allowing the user to customise the
arrangement to their space. The wood is doublecoated with the foodsafe finish that
GIR uses for their furniture. The residue bark and ashes are reused as a fertilizer for
plants, allowing new life to grow.
