PHILIP KOOMEN FURNITURE

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PHILIP KOOMEN FURNITURE

• A Strategy To Promote Sustainable Practice
• From timber as a commodity to timber as a forest
  resource reducing carbon emissions

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PHILIP KOOMEN FURNITURE
Philip Koomen Furniture was established in 1975
and is based in Checkendon, near Wallingford
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PHILIP KOOMEN FURNITURE DESIGNERS CRAFTSMEN IN
WOOD
The Workshop Team
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From timber as a commodity to timber as a forest
resource reducing carbon emissions

• Some forestry facts
• Oxfordshire woodlands in ecological and economic
  crisis

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Creating a Local Cycle
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Creating a Local Cycle
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Creating a Local Cycle
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Creating a Local Cycle

• Wood store for the air-dried timber

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Creating a Local Cycle

• Drying chamber

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Creating a Local Cycle
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Commissioning Act
Narnia cabinet in yew from Christmas Common and
brown oak from Thame park
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Commissioning Act
Ebb Flow Desk Chair Ebb Flow
Bookcase Made from Brown Oak, a diseased tree
attacked by beef steak fungus which stains the
tree brown
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Regional Identity
Ash from Cookley Green
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Regional Identity
Low tables in yew from Christmas Common
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Regional Identity
Study and living room furniture in Ash from
Burcot
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Innovative Designs
Pondlife Benches in Sweet chestnut at the
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford University
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CONCLUSION
Local Cycle Reducing Carbon Emissions
Promoting sustainable practice