Obnova

Oak wood | Team Cooperation Project | 2025

Obnova

GIR produces high-quality furniture rooted in craftsmanship but its production 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 repurposes 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 characteristic 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 stacked 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.

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