Awesome Wood

Mica’s beautiful everyday wood watch collection is now available in a deep, dark colorway called Sable. We’re big fans of The Deck with the bronze face, but any of the available watch styles will score you complements on a daily basis.

Analog Watch Co.’s Carpenter Collection consists of four nature-inspired watches. Aside from having wooden faces and cases, the watches’ straps are also made of leather with thin and flexible wood veneer.

Pad & Quill’s elegant iPhone cases do double duty as wallets, holding your credit cards and ID in one compact package while protecting your precious iGadget. Handmade from stitched leather and wood, and bound like a book.

The Touch Slab is a Bluetooth trackpad made out of a single piece of wood. It supports multitouch and also works as a numerical pad. Like Orée’s wooden keyboard, the Touch Slab is made of either walnut or maple.

This clever bookshelf encourages you to read. Put books you’ve alread read on one side, and those you haven’t on the other. Also great for lawyers. Available in various colors and finishes from Brooklyn’s Cush Design Studio.

A relatively easy way to decorate walls and other surfaces with wood. Stikwood are real wooden planks with adhesive backing. It’s available in a variety of finishes and comes in boxes of 10, 20 and 40 sq.ft.

An unusual vehicle made from sustainable materials, designers Kenneth Cobonpue and Albrecht Birkner’s car would have a woven skin, replaceable after it biodegrades. Not the most practical concept, but still visually striking.

Crafted from ash plywood and steel, we like the clean lines of the WOOD.b bicycle, a collaboration from Strasbourg-based BSG and Thibaut Malet. Available in September 2013.

MFEO’s rustic-meets-retro Rohe club chair features 100 year old reclaimed Douglas Fir barn wood slats, which were biscuit joined, glued and sanded into one piece and paired with a vintage mid-century chrome frame.

John Merritt loves to make odd wooden trinkets in his spare time. Some of his works include a chain made out of a toothpick and the mind-blowing balls-within-boxes-within-a-box that he carved out of a single piece of wood.

The Broquet company offers a variety of cool experience-based gift packages; the Woodsman collection encourages your favorite guy to swing that axe with a 16” hatchet, pigskin gloves, log carrier and rope. We like their MacGyver kit too.

Russia’s Art Lebedev Studios outs a watch that beautifully integrates the look of nature into its face, inspired by the rings of a tree. We only wish it were made from actual wood. Maybe they can get together with the guys at Mica.

The Sandwichbike is the bicycle for people who love putting things together. It will be shipped to you in a flat pack box, ready for assembly. It has weather-coated layered plywood frames connected by metal cylinders.

LSTN makes in-ear, on-ear and over-ear headphones with ear cups made from reclaimed cherry, ebony or beech wood, making each headphone truly unique. Part of its profits go to a charity for the deaf.

John T. Kim came up with Engraved out of his desire to make his business cards memorable. Each card is made from laser-cut wood and has a unique grain. You can also customize your order with your own design.

Carpenter Carlos Alberto created this intricate handmade Vespa scooter for his daughter, Daniella – replacing all but the mechanical components with laminated hardwoods. And yes, it actually does ride.

Gorgeous handmade bicycles made of American white ash, the same wood used to craft baseball bats and tool handles. The ash frame naturally dampens vibrations to give a smooth ride.

Whether you’re into actual skateboarding, or just sitting around playing that old Tony Hawk disc, you’ll be happy to have a place to rest your weary backside, on this canadian maple stool with a skateboard-inspired seat.

Magnetic Kitchen uses a laser cutter to etch a variety of original designs onto 7-ply hard rock maple boards, creating skateboard decks that are equally at home on your wall and on the streets.

Shwood diversifies its wooden sunglasses with its Stone Collection. The glasses’ birch wood frames and temples are sandwiched in 1mm thick sheets of slate. In gray and black, limited to 200 pieces each.

Michael Roopenian is turning his concept into a modest reality. Engrain Tactile Keys are beautiful stick-on keys made of sandblasted and lasercut wood. They’re only for Apple keyboards though.

The Kendall only has a couple of 2″ speakers and 5W amps, but its solid walnut case and retro design are a nice alternative to the sporty or modern look of other Bluetooth speakers.

The most substantial wooden watch we’ve seen, Mica’s Deck Watch is crafted from pine sealed inside and out, making it splash-resistant and long wearing. We also dig the hefty stainless buckle.