Awesome Wood

Vyacheslav Voronovich creates 1/12th scale replicas of motorcycles like the BMW K1600GTL. Each is made from hundreds of tiny pieces, and has wheels and handlebars that actually work.

Rob Pollock hand-paints woodgrain patterns into bicycle frames and forks. That’s right, we said paint. He doesn’t cover the parts with any veneer or material. Three woodgrain finishes are available.

Made with teak wood, stainless steel and glass fibre, the 37.5″ x 37.5″ Big Fan is as imposing as it is beautiful. A regulated 150W Bosch motor provides power to the reinforced teak propeller.

For those of you with a rustic refined type of interior design sensibility, Mark Moskovitz’s extraordinary Facecord Cabinet, which resembles a big pile of firewood, might be right up your alley.

Designed by Studio Joon&Jung, Natural Speakers not only look great, the wood and porcelain materials together with the internal arrangement of parts produce a “natural resonance of sound.”

We loved these interlocking blocks the first time we saw them. Now win one of three 256-piece Blocklets kits, worth $50 each. (Contest Has Ended, Thanks for Your Entries!)

Designed by Jurgen Mayer H. and located in Seville, Spain, it’s the world’s largest wooden structure. Its sweeping forms are captured in these photos by Fernando Alda and David Franck.

Jonas Damon has created a cool collection of wood-framed modern gadgets offered through Areaware. We especially like his latest, an old cathode-ray tube TV set that he built for the iPad.

Etsy seller Pipe Dreams 2010 makes beautiful puzzles of continents and countries using laser-cut wood. Each piece has a magnet on its back so you can display them separately or as one.

Patkau Architects created this group of temporary skating shelters huddled together by a skating trail along a frozen river in Winnipeg, which include a timber frame, plywood floor and seating inside.

These interlocking wood and acrylic blocks can be snapped together to form just about any object you can imagine. Want some? Support the Kickstarter project, and you’ll be building sometime soon.

Looking for a stylish and unique way to protect and carry your MacBook? Silva’s briefcases are made from caramel bamboo, imparting a warm natural shell to your modern plastic and metal gadget.

Not only do these artist-designed wooden eggs look really cool, they’re decorated by a robot. And if that’s not enough for you, a portion of proceeds go to The British Red Cross’ Japan Tsunami Appeal.

The drawer fronts on West Elm’s Stria Storage Collection are made using reclaimed saal wood, formerly used as railway trestles in India. This means that no two pieces are exactly the same.

A curvy wood chair that combines a place to read your books along with shelves to store them in. Kindle, Nook and iPad fans will need to fill those cubbies with some other tchotchkes.

Developed in collaboration with a child with OCD and ADHD, Lavinia Chu’s Squizits collection provides children with calming and attention-focusing handheld gadgets. Adult version please?

Restoration Hardware rounds out their aircraft-inspired interior collection with this media cabinet, made from aluminum-wrapped hardwood with steel screw accents. Measures 59″W x 20″D x 24″H.

Fred’s Obsessive Chef cutting board is terrific for persnickety perfectionists; the beechwood board offers the most precise measurements in detail. You can wash it twenty times after you use it too.

A is for Apple, B is for Boring, Z is for ZZZ, right? Not with Fred’s refreshing XYZ Blocks. Brilliantly illustrated by Christian Northeast, they offer all the traditional play value, with bonus chuckles.

The Sanctuary of Truth is a huge one of a kind structure that’s a unique monument to Thai craftsmanship, handcarved and constructed entirely from teak wood, to be completed in 2025.

Drawing design inspiration from WWII fighter planes, this unique desk is built from patches of aluminum layered over hardwood, attached with exposed steel screws to simulate rivets.

If upon seeing the picture your mind quickly came up with “Indianapolis!”, then you’ll love Linear Edge. The company makes racing tracks made of laminated baltic birch plywood and Formica.

Bambu House from Tanji University Shanghai was recently unveiled at the European Solar Decathlon. Designed by a 20 member team, it’s made almost entirely of bamboo and runs only on solar power.